Got Too Many Books in Bognor Regis? We Collect Free

Bognor Regis is a town with a strong community spirit and a genuine sense of place — and the bookshelves here reflect that. Whether it’s a stack of holiday reads that have done their job, a set of reference works no longer needed, or a collection of CDs and DVDs that rarely gets touched now, finding them a second life matters. Anglo Doorstep Collections comes directly to your door, completely free of charge, so donating takes no more effort than leaving a bag on your front step.

Paperbacks, hardbacks, children’s books, cookbooks, DVDs, films, CDs and music albums are all welcome — dry and in reasonable condition is the only standard we ask for. If a book can be read and a disc can be played, it has a new reader or listener waiting for it somewhere. There’s no minimum quantity, and you don’t need to be at home when we call.

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How the Collection Works

What We Collect

There’s no minimum — one bag of paperbacks is as welcome as an entire bookcase. Pack items into small, manageable bags or boxes (your back will thank you, and so will our driver) and we take it from there. We accept:

Bognor Regis and the Villages Around It

Our collection covers Bognor Regis itself — a West Sussex coastal town of around 65,000 people — as well as the neighbouring communities of Felpham, Aldwick, Pagham and Bersted. Whether you’re in a seafront flat, a family home just back from the promenade, or a quieter street on the edges of town, the collection comes to you. Arun District Council covers this part of West Sussex, and across the whole area there are households quietly sitting on books and media that could genuinely be useful to someone else right now.

One situation that comes up more often than you might expect is the clearing of inherited belongings — when a family member passes away or moves into care, shelves of books and collections of CDs and DVDs are often among the things left behind. It can be emotionally difficult enough without having to haul boxes to a charity shop across town. A free doorstep collection removes at least one practical burden at a hard time, and means those items go to good use rather than being discarded.

A word on presentation: there’s no need for anything elaborate, but if you can pop a brief note on your bags — something as simple as “Anglo Doorstep Collection” written on a piece of paper tucked inside — it helps our driver identify them quickly, particularly if you live in a terrace or a block of flats where several households may be putting things out. It avoids any confusion and makes the whole process smoother for everyone.

Who Tends to Book

One Visit Covers It All

Books and media are rarely the only things you want to pass on. Set them out alongside clothes, toys or kitchenware and our driver takes everything in a single trip — no need to arrange separate collections for different categories. If the volume is particularly large, we can split it across more than one visit without any fuss. We’ll send your collection time slot through the evening before, so you’ll know exactly when to expect us.

For other parts of West Sussex, you’ll find the full picture on our collections near you page.

What Happens to Your Donations

Every readable title and playable disc goes to the charities and reuse partners we work with, where books are resold or passed directly to new readers who genuinely want them. A large percentage of proceeds goes to charity, helping raise vital funds for good causes — so the act of clearing a few shelves at home has a real impact well beyond your own four walls. Only items too damaged to be reused at all go for recycling, and that really is a last resort.

There’s a straightforward environmental case for donating rather than discarding, and it’s worth understanding clearly. When books, CDs and DVDs end up in landfill, the paper, card and plastic they contain breaks down gradually and releases methane — a potent greenhouse gas. Reusing them sidesteps that entirely. According to published UK estimates from bodies such as WRAP, choosing reuse over disposal avoids the need for new pulping, fresh printing runs and the transport of newly manufactured copies, with genuine savings in both water use and CO₂ as a result. These are estimates rather than precise guarantees, but the direction of travel is clear. For a coastal town like Bognor Regis — where the local environment and the cleanliness of public spaces genuinely matter to residents — keeping books and media in circulation also means fewer unwanted items left on pavements or fly-tipped in car parks. That’s a small but real contribution to keeping this corner of West Sussex looking and feeling as it should.

Donating books and media can be a surprisingly meaningful expression of a charitable outlook — not a grand gesture, but a consistent habit of passing on what you no longer need rather than letting it accumulate or go to waste. Pre-owned books, in particular, often carry a character that brand-new copies don’t: a well-thumbed thriller or a cookbook with a cracked spine has clearly been enjoyed, and the person who picks it up next knows they’re getting something tried and tested. The circular economy works at its best when good items stay in use rather than being replaced by new ones, and a straightforward doorstep collection in Pagham or Bersted is as much a part of that as anything happening at a national level.

“In a town with Bognor Regis’s strong sense of community, keeping books and media in circulation — rather than letting them go to waste — makes a genuine difference, both to local good causes and to the broader environment of West Sussex.”