How Can China Manage to Practice Textbook Recycling?

Statistics from the National Press and Publication Administration show that retail sales of primary and middle school textbooks, as well as relevant teaching books, in 2018 were valued at a whopping 25.9 billion yuan ($3.9 billion). If these books could be recycled, at least 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) could be saved. Meanwhile, a lot of students complain that they must sell their used textbooks for scrap although the books initially were printed and transported at much higher costs. The fact that there is a huge waste of textbooks from primary school to university is a grim reality.

The voices for recycling textbooks today are getting louder. Some believe that to recycle a textbook is not only a way of saving paper and wood, but can also help to reduce pollution caused by printing books. Moreover, this is also a good method to encourage students to be frugal.