While books are a potentially recyclable material, most municipalities throughout the US do not presently allow for people to recycle books. In 1977 former President Carter had stated that “Solid wastes are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem.” He had been referring to the fact that many millions of tons of potentially recyclable materials are being sent to landfills throughout the US every year…