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A quick search suggests that most "weeded" books are sold on or donated rather than burnt or sent to landfill. Do you have sources that say otherwise?
by n4r9 1mo ago
A quick search suggests that most "weeded" books are sold on or donated rather than burnt or sent to landfill. Do you have sources that say otherwise?
- 1234letshaveatw 1mo agoOurs has a volunteer run used bookstore that sells a few for pennies on the dollar. Vast majority are shredded
- Mudbugs 1mo agoJust go to a local library and ask a librarian or anyone who has a lot of books and tries to give them away; sadly, in most cases, they pick the valuable ones, and the rest just get sent for destruction (Burning). It is pretty standard procedure.
- alightsoul 1mo agoThe difference everyone is missing, is that now there is commercial incentive to burn books aka destroy them after scanning. It's now a profitable business to do so, not something that only has to be done to clear up space