[geeks] Conflicted - old books

[Joshua Boyd]

On 3/18/21 9:54 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> The easy answer is pull the CDs out and recycle the book, but can I
>> do that?  It used to be that you couldn't recycle books (binding an
>> issue, I presume), is that still discouraged?
> I can't say as I've heard of an inability to recycle the book.  But I'd
> think that a band saw would go through a stack of books cutting the
> spine off and then allow you to recycle loose leaf pages.  The covers
> might need to be dealt with differently.
>
> However!  Before you do that, I'd consider seeing if there is anyone
> that might be interested in the books as they are for what they are.
>
> I personally have purchased with fiat currency almost a dozen books
> anywhere between 5 and 25 years old within the last year.  I had to pay
> shipping for some of them.


I buy a couple a year as well.B  Rarely anything as new as only 5 years 
though. That said, I can imagine it would be tough to re-home dozens of 
boxes.