Action #033

Recycle your books


 
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They dreamt up a scheme in Amsterdam a few years ago, whereby white bicycles were provided for free. After you'd finished your ride you'd leave the bike in the street for someone else to use. Unfortunately this brilliant plan for recycling bikes flopped for two reasons. One, criminals exist. And two, coloured paint exists.

A better version might be to ask people to recycle their books. Give them to a charity shop, your local library or just leave them lying on a park bench.

 

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  • St Saviour's CE Junior School St Saviour's CE Junior School and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    Recycling books

    We had 3 same books so i recycled 1 book and my brother recyled the same book. So know we only have 1 copy of it. 25 June 2010, 08:32
  • Kristin Kristin did this action

    Second Hand Book Shop and Bookcrossing.

    First of all, I donate most of the books at a local second hand book shop. The books which the book shop isn't interested in, I register at bookcrossing.com . That way the books I'm not interested in having anymore can find some new readers.

     25 May 2010, 12:07
  • shmile!! shmile!! did this action

    RECYCLING BOOKS IS MY THING

    I read lots of books and when I've read one I normally leave it for ages. Some of them get boring or I get too old to read them anymore and then I recycle them! There's a shop thing at my local station where you bring in a book and take one away! =] 23 April 2010, 21:42
  • Ahmad Ahmad and friends did this action and got 3 people to do it too

    doing

    I Give them to my local library 31 March 2010, 20:33
  • Courtney McIntyre did this action

    Just because I'm not reading them...

    ...doesn't mean someone else won't love them. Every few months I go through my bookshelves (around 1200 books live with me currently) and cull out ones I'm not going to read, haven't touched in years, etc. They go to the used book stores - those that don't get accept there after a few rounds go to my local library. 03 December 2009, 12:43
  • Nick Stanhope Nick Stanhope did this action

    My fave book

    Gave it to Eugenie and she likes it too.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Science-Politics-Dan-Gardner/dp/0753515539/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254403488&sr=8-3     01 October 2009, 13:27
  • Damian Denman Damian Denman did this action

    Recycle your books

    We have all done this at the WAWWD workday.
    xoxo     01 July 2009, 21:37

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