Found out my local library throws away hundreds of books a month

I was chatting with a librarian friend in Columbus and she mentioned they have to remove about 300 worn-out books from circulation every four weeks. They can't even donate most of them because the bindings are totally shot. It's wild to think about that much material just getting tossed. Has anyone here ever tried to salvage or recycle books from a library purge?

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kellyj237d ago

Guess they never heard of book hospice. Maybe we could at least use the paper for something, like lining hamster cages. Feels wrong to just trash stories, even busted ones.

grant_torres7d ago

Totally agree. Could even cut out the good pages for collage or scrap paper. Feels less wasteful that way.