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Fairfax County Starts Used Book Reuse and Recycling Program

~ County provides residents with a service to give unwanted books a new life ~

New legacy booksFAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Residents can now drop off unwanted hardcover, paperback, and textbooks in the green donation bins at the I-66 Transfer Station in Fairfax. In partnership with New Legacy Books, the county’s Solid Waste Management Program is launching a program to keep used books out of the landfill. Only books with an ISBN barcode are accepted for collection.

New Legacy Books will resell the books with a portion of the sales supporting county residential recycling services. Books with lower value are sent to wholesale book companies for resale. Remaining books that cannot be resold will be recycled.

The program offers the public a practical way to divert waste and supports the county’s long-term zero waste goal, which aims to divert 90 percent of the overall waste stream away from disposal.

For more information on this program and other sustainable recycling and disposal options, visit Recycling and Trash.

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