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CoffeeJunkie ,

Recycle them. It’s a bound collection of cellulose (and some ink); cellulose can be upcycled into other paper products. Like insulation, attic blow-in, boxes, etc.

Trashing it is trashing a resource, which sounds worse than it is in reality. It’ll rot & decompose nicely in a landfill.

Burning books…SUCKS…take it from me like it takes FOREVER and it burns page by page, you have to stir it constantly.

Finding a recycling center is so much better for the world, and easier for you. Win-win.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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We accepted the bad juju and burned the nazi apologia we found in my grandmother’s abusive husband’s (that’s as close as I’m willing to admit being related to that shit) library, but other than that if you want the least effort just drop off a bag of books on the library’s doorstep in the middle of the night with a fiver and a note apologizing.

Tangent5280 ,

That image is pretty funny - dropping off books like an unwanted newborn on the church steps, tearfully saying goodbye, telling the books that the nice people inside will take better care of them than you ever could…

Todd_cross ,

Please do not drop books off at a library without asking. It’s really annoying.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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They weren’t asking for the most responsible way to get rid of books, they were asking for the easiest way.

ThirdNerd ,
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Lots of same for me. First I take them to the local used book store. Whatever they don’t buy I either leave there (sometimes they will take those for free) or take to the library or thrift store. Once in awhile I have one that actually sells for good money. Always a surprise.

jordanlund ,

Take them to a used bookstore.

SWIM ,

Make a little library on your front lawn and fill it up,before you know it they will be gone and people will have put others in its place.

Bakachu ,

Love these! We have one in my neighborhood and it’s pretty convenient to drop off my read pile in there.

jerrimu ,

Give them away.

Spacebar ,
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Good Will

agilob , (edited )
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I sell on eBay for the price of postage

phillycodehound ,
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Donate them to the library or used bookstore

ed_cock , (edited )
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it’s bad juju to throw books in the trash right?

The books you are talking about are mass produced commodity items, right? If you don't want them anymore and don't know anyone else who does just treat them like any other print product and toss 'em out. They weren't painstakingly copied by monks, the knowledge inside will not be lost, just being a book doesn't make them special.

Signed, someone who had to deal with a slew of outdated guidebooks, encyclopedias, cookbooks, reader's digest issues, never-read novels and whatever else from a deceased relative because they just couldn't bring themselves to put them in the recycling bin.

mohKohn ,

just … bring them to a library or thrift store… they're better at figuring out what's actually valuable

FelipeFelop ,
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Another vote for charity shops/thrift stores. It’s a good way to raise a little money for charity and for someone to get a book they might no afford at full price.

I don’t know about the rest of the world but here in the UK, supermarkets and businesses sometimes have a little bookshelf. You leave any books you don’t want and people can take them putting a few coins in a collection tin that goes to a good cause.

Another thing to do is take them to work, colleagues might well want them.

ed_cock ,
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If you have one nearby then maybe, but I bet you even they don't want that slightly water damaged, smelly copy of some cheapo 80s encyclopedia.

Around here it's also relatively common to sell old books by weight/volume, either on flea markets or classifieds/Ebay. But sometimes it literally isn't worth the effort.

macrocephalic ,

My local thrifty shop had a pallet of assorted books and you can fill a bag for $5. I think of it like a lazy person’s library, I get a bunch of books, pay my dues, and then return them when I’m done.

sprl ,

Tiny libraries, second hand books, organisations, maybe even art schools.

Very_Bad_Janet ,

I have:

  • Sold books to used bookstores
  • Sold books online (one at a time, so only ones that could earn a lot)
  • Sold books in lots on Craigslist and in local groups
  • Donated them to my local library and Salvation Army
  • Given them to my kids' school
  • Given them to friends (after inquiring about their interest in the specific titles or authors)
  • Left them.in a box outside labeled "Free Please Take"
  • Placed them.in the free book thingy near my home where neighbors leave or take books (it looks sort of like an old time call box except with shelves and a glass door on top)
  • Left them at hostels while traveling
HubertManne ,

Our train station has a straight up wood bookshelf for the take a book, leave a book thing. There should be a whole library sized one at every airport considering some of the delays.

satanmat ,

Do your best impression of a Christian Nationalist and have a book burning.

RightHandOfIkaros ,

Recycle them. Or call up your local library and ask if they want them. Usually libraries will have an attached used book store, sometimes they put donated books there.

PostmodernPythia ,

This is the service the library I used to work at used for discards. services.betterworldbooks.com/individuals/

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