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"The library is committed to doing as much as possible to be environmentally friendly," said library director Galina Chernykh. "We see it as our responsibility to the community."
Many books were dropped off at the library in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy as New York City-based Literacy in Motion collected them for the victims. Chernykh is hopeful that books will continue to be donated for Better World Books, the company that owns the green recycling container.
"Libraries were ‘green’ before it was popular," said Chernykh in an email to The Harrison Daily Voice. "By its very nature, the library is a friend to the earth. Every book or movie that people borrow from our library is one less book or movie that will eventually end up in a landfill."
Chernykh added that the "service also raises a small amount of money for the library (15 to 20 percent)."
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