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Garbage Collectors in Turkey Opened a Library Stocked with Books Salvaged from the Trash
In Ankara, Turkey, garbage collectors have built a public library with books that were thrown out by locals and destined to end up in landfills.When sanitation workers in Ankara began to collect discarded books, they decided to build a library with their finds. First, the garbage collectors gathered discarded books for months, but as news of their effort spread, the city's residents began giving books directly to them.
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