ShredRite Facebook ad: “Old Quran, kitab and madrasah book collection in Singapore”

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My daughter came back for her madrasah books. This time, she had her own child with her. “Mak, you said you still had them?” I opened the cupboard beside the dining table. Three stacks, two folders, and a bag I had been meaning to sort since before her wedding. My grandson pulled out a chair. He thought we were going to show him a few old books. I thought so too. Then his mother lifted the first stack, and the folder underneath came apart in my hands. Loose worksheets spread across the table. Some had Quranic verses. Some had doa. Along the edge of one page was her name, written in the round handwriting I hadn't seen for years. “You kept these also?” “I didn't know where else to put them.” That was how the cupboard had filled up. At the end of each school year, I had made the same small decision. Put the religious books together. Keep the worksheets with them. Find out what to do with the worn ones later. Later became another year. Then another child moved up a level. Then both children finished their classes. The books stayed where they were. I remembered looking for them on rushed mornings. A missing workbook could hold up the whole household. My daughter would insist she had packed it. I would find it underneath a cushion or beside Abang's bag. Now she was reminding her own son to check his bag before class. He was turning over one of her books when he noticed the name inside. “Mummy, your writing was like mine.” She leaned across to look. “Mine was neater.” I didn't say anything. She looked at me and started laughing. For a while, sorting was easy. We put aside the copies that were still useful. My daughter checked what she wanted to keep, and I chose a few things I wasn't ready to part with. Then we reached the rest. A workbook with missing pages. A cover held on with old tape. Religious notes that had been moved between folders until nobody could remember which set they belonged to. “We can't pass these to someone like this,” she said. That was the part I had reached before. I had once offered some usable books to a relative. Those had found a home. What remained in the cupboard was mostly the material I couldn't simply hand over and expect someone else to use. Another time, I had sorted everything into separate bags. It felt like progress until I realised I had only changed the containers. The same question was still waiting at the bottom of each bag. What do we do with the damaged religious materials? My grandson began asking about lunch. My daughter looked at the table, then at the cupboard. “Shall we put these back first?” I reached for the folder. Then I stopped. “If we put them back now, they will still be here next time you come.” She pulled her phone towards her. “Okay. Let's find the next step before we clear the table.” We looked for a collection service in Singapore that handled old Qurans, kitab and madrasah books. We found ShredRite and read the service information together. The first thing I noticed was the doorstep collection. I had been picturing a trip somewhere with all the books. Working out transport. Finding a day when my daughter was free. Carrying the bags down, then hoping we had brought the right things. With this service, the collection would be from home. But there was something else I wanted to know. “After they take them, what happens?” My daughter read that part aloud. The materials are weighed in front of the customer at the doorstep. After collection, they go to ShredRite's facility for P-5 micro-shredding, followed by recycling. I asked her to send me the page so I could read it again myself. She did. We also made a note of the items we wanted to ask about before confirming anything. Then we looked at the price. Books cost S$5.50/kg, with a usual booking fee of S$20. A mosque referral code reduces the booking fee to S$10. The weight charge stays the same. Having the two charges explained helped. We could discuss the collection with the family using actual information, instead of another message saying that we still needed to find out. My daughter sent a booking request through WhatsApp for confirmation. We went through the collection arrangements together. Only then did we finish sorting. We checked between the pages for loose notes and anything personal. The useful copies stayed out of the collection pile. So did the book with my daughter's name that her son had been studying. “This one?” she asked. “I'm keeping it.” She put it on the shelf above the table, where I could reach it. On collection day, I was at home while the materials were weighed at the doorstep. I could see what was being collected and watch the weight being taken. After the collection, I went back to the dining table. There was no half-sorted bag waiting to be pushed into the cupboard before dinner. That afternoon, my daughter called. “All settled, Mak?” “The damaged books, yes. I kept the one you know about.” She laughed. In the background, her son was asking what we were talking about. The next time they visited, he went straight to the shelf to find his mother's book. There was enough room now to take it down without moving three stacks first. If the children have grown up but their old religious books are still waiting at home, begin with what the family wants to keep. Pass on useful copies where appropriate. For the materials you have chosen for disposal, ShredRite offers doorstep collection in Singapore. Books are S$5.50/kg. Use ALEEM10 for Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique or KHALID10 for Masjid Khalid to reduce the usual S$20 booking fee to S$10. Choose one code; the discounts do not combine, and the weight rate is unchanged. View the collection details, then send your request through WhatsApp for confirmation. Save the page or share it with the family member who has been keeping the books.

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