What do you do with a book once you've read it?Maybe you keep it for someone else in your family to read, or leave it on a bookshelf to read again another day?Maybe you can try recycling your books.
Recycling your old books means you give them to another person, family or group, instead of leaving them to take up space and get dusty（布满灰尘的）. This means that the books you love can be enjoyed by others, too.
Recycling and giving away your books can be helpful in lots of ways. People will discover new books and authors they didn't know about. Books can sometimes be expensive, so it also helps people and families who can't afford to buy them. When a person gets to read plenty of authors, styles and subjects, it can help them to develop a love of books, increase their confidence in reading and writing and improve their happiness.
If you take part in a book-recycling project, you can pick up new books, too. Find a comfortable place and take out the books to read. What a pleasant thing! It will help you forget about things that may be worrying you.
The Children's Book Project is a charity（慈善机构） that recycles books（in good condition）and passes them on to places like schools and children's centers. When you give away books, they are cleaned and divided into age groups and reading levels. Liberty Venn from the Children's Book Project says, "It's an amazing feeling to pass on your books and know that someone will enjoy them as much as you did. At the Children's Book Project we help to extend （延长） the life of over 250, 000 books each year. "
