They can not go with old newspaper i.e. "papiersammlung" and paying to dispose of 150 Kg of books must cost a fortune. Any suggestions?
I have about 10 boxes of old worthless books that I need to dispose of i.e. throw away. They have no value. What to do?
I advertised on FB and someone came and took away all the boxes.
Try some of the 2nd hand stores in Zürich. Or maybe one of the food pantries?
Bücher Brocky in Zurich accepts books (good condition).
I've seen people put books in the paper collection part of Mülliland Recyclingcenter. I can't remember anything saying no books.
In Winterthur, you can dispose of old books at Maag Recycling... they have a big box for them.
So many villages in our area have self service library kiosks of donated books, many local librairies equally accept donations
Define worthless.
Are they totally unreadable? Outdated?
Or are they just old and no longer of interest to you?
If you decide to dispose of them, you can bring them to Hagenholz in Zürich. There are seperate containers for books there.
Brocky!
There is a used paper container near us which is intended for old newspapers, magazines etc.
If I have old books to dispose of, I use that. I simply strip the covers away and use the container for the paper part. The covers etc. would go in the normal garbage.
We did take off the covers and bundled the books. The paper recycling took them with the other papers. That was in Zurich city
Surprised you don't have a recycling center in zürich where you can bring the paper for free. However even if you have to pay it cannot cost that much, it's just paper/carton after all.
In our recycling center (A.a.A) there is a separate container for books, probably the same at most major recycling centers
My village does not have a separate container for books.
Most are "old" computer textbooks i.e. Java Swing, Active X, Turbo C, Borland C++, Pascal, VB, etc. Some books from my Uni days i.e. Database design, OS, etc. I even have Bjarne Stroustrup "The C++ Programming Language", first edition (I will keep that one). So books on outdated technology (in good shape though). Also bunch of books from when my son attended the International School here, and a bunch of books in Icelandic (my native language).
Local recycling center charges CHF 0.50 per kg. I was just moving the boxes around and it is closer to 200Kg in total - so around 100 chuffs to get rid of them.
Thanks. They accept books at no charge. I live close to Winterthur. Problem solved.
Waste transfer station in Adliswil has a 'tauschEcke' where you can put books, games and toys in good condition.
But generally they will just ask you to split the covers from the pages - covers go with cardboard and pages go with paper....
Depends on if they are real books or only paperbacks
Paperback: remove front and back (coated) so they can go in the collection
Real Book :Remove front, side(where it is glued together)and back so only paper is left, wich can go in the collection
In Zürich city paper and cardboard are picked up from your house (every two weeks). You can bring them to the recycling center which charges by weight (difference between vehicle weight entering and leaving). Each household also gets 4x 100kg coupons for the recycling center. In my experience, often if I have such a coupon, I am not charged anything, regardless of the weight, but ymmv. Further, there is the vbz cargo tram which parks in different neighborhoods. You can bring almost anything you want there, as long as you don't bring it in a car.
I went to Maag Recycling in Winterthur today.
https://www.maag-recycling.ch/privatkunden/entsorgen
Great place. They seem to accept everything, and charge nothing. Dumped all the books in the "waste paper container" (as instructed by staff).