You know that 1970 set of World Book encyclopedia's you've got stored in the attic? Or those Readers Digest Condensed Books you picked up at a garage sale? How about the grocery bag full of paperback ...

Not just to avoid waste and conserve resources, but also out of respect for a keystone of our civilization, book reuse, rather than book recycling, should be our first resort for discarded books.

Books have some serious reuse potential. For the avid recreational reader, a favorite story can be read over and over again for years or maybe even decades. But even when a book has been enjoyed for ...

Clarey Rudd has worked in 15 book stores since his parents started their first one in Oxnard in 1954, and he currently owns Abednego Book Store and Bank of Books in Ventura. He has seen recycling ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Hainerberg Elementary School students love paper. They like crafting creative messages and enjoy recycling it after it has been used. Just ask the members of teacher Carmen ...

Since only 5% of donated books are listed online by Booksavers of Ephrata, most of them actually wind up moving on to Mennonite Central Committee’s Material Resources Center just north of town. There, ...