[Sangermaine]

>They should try to give the books away for free before chucking them out, no?

The local library where I grew up tried this. It also doesn't really solve the problem of too many books. They would first put up surplus/old books for sale for a quarter or less, and twice a year would hold an event where they put the stock outside on tables and people could just take them for free. They were always left with tons of books even after all that.

It's sad to see books destroyed but they literally can't give them all away, and each building only has so much space.