Plainville Public Library           

 Ask a Librarian at 508-695-1784 or  Email 

198 South St., Plainville, Massachusetts 02762

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Log in to the Library Catalog to

  • Check your account
  • Use online databases
  • place holds
  • renew items
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Regular Hours:

Monday: 1-8pm

Tuesday: 10-5pm

Wednesday: 10-8pm

Thursday: 10-2pm

Friday: Closed

Saturday: 10-2pm

Sunday: Closed

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Going Green

Everyone is doing it! What can you do?

Take a look at our very "green" LED lightbulb from Philips. You won't be able to tell the difference from a traditional incandescent bulb. And it uses 80% less energy for the same light output. Instant on -  No flickering on like fluorescents.

 

Recycle

Donate your used ink jet and toner cartidges and cell phones at the Library. We send them to Planet Green to be recycled and raise money for the Friends.

Donate your used books to the Friends. If the library cannot use them in our collection, the Friends will sell them to raise money.

 

 

 Reduce   

Save gas to return your items by either

1. Return books in book drop at Wood School on Messenger St if it is closer to you.

2. Go Online and renew your items to keep them a little longer

 

 Reuse

Check out Library Books and Movies By using items over and over again and sharing them among our community we save thousands of trees each year.

Bring in plastic bags and we'll use them again to hand out to our customers

Donate toilet and paper towel rolls, egg cartons, baby food jars (with lids), and we'll reuse them for kids crafts for storytime.

Resources:

Use the Kill a Watt EZ

The Plainville Public Library and the Plainville Energy Commission encourage local customers to check out the Kill A Watt EZ, a device that lets you figure our just how much your refrigerator, A/C unit, floor lamps and other electrical gadgets are costing you in utility bills. The device is available to borrow for 2 weeks with your SAILS Library card.

Plug it in to any electric sockets, and then plug in an appliance to the Kill A Watt’s built in socket. The device will show how much electricity the appliance is drawing. By pushing buttons on the device you can punch in the rate that your utility provider charges, and the Kill A Watt calculates how much it costs to run the particular appliance per hour, day, week, month and year. Kill A Watt also lets you know if your appliances are “vampires” and draw electricity even when turned off.

Kill A Watt EZ is an easy to use, small hand held box with an LCD display screen, which can empower you to find cost savings in your home by identifying those “vampire” appliances or figure out if spending money on a more energy efficient appliance would pay off. The Plainville Public Library has two devices, which are available on a first come first serve basis at the circulation desk.

Ser-rp Reuse Guide: a guide of what to do with almost anything.

Find books at the Plainville Library on the environment

Play the Planet Green Game

www.myenergystar.com

What the Plainville Public Library is doing to Go Green:

We keep our thermostats at 68 degrees. And our boiler is on a timer.

Heat goes off at the end of April. Air conditioning is only used when needed.

We replaced all of our light bulbs in 2005 with energy efficient bulbs and ballasts.

We turn off any lights we are not using.

We installed economical hand dryers in all bathrooms in 2007, reducing paper towel waste

We put a brick in each toilet tank to reduce water usage.

We set our computers to go to "sleep" if no one is using them.

We put insulation behind all of our outlet covers in 2002.

We do not treat our lawn with chemicals.

We set our outside lights to go off at 9pm.

We recycle a big green bin of paper and cardboard every week.

We recycle our cans and plastic containers from lunch.

We recycle our printer cartridges.

We recycle plastic bags by giving them to you to carry your items.

What you can do to turn GREEN:

Heating and Cooling:

Saving Water:

Computing Equipment:

Electronics and Home Appliances:

  • Turn down the brightness on your TV and computer monitor
     
  • Look for and purchase ENERGY STAR appliances and electronics
     
  • Consider replacing that old, second refrigerator in the basement - This calculator determines how much energy your refrigerator is using
     
  • Plug home electronics into a powerstrip and turn off when not in use. Or unplug appliances that you rarely use - when was the last time you used that VCR?
     
  • Don't keep your refrigerator and freezer too cold. Set temperature between 36-38 degrees F and freezers at 0-5 degrees.
     

Other Energy-saving Tips: