Book Recycling

What happens to all those millions of books worldwide which people don't want to read anymore?
Like most booklovers I regard the mistreatment of the book as an affront to civilisation but there is no doubt that many books aren't worth the shelf space. Pulping, burning (dictators' favourite choice), and dumping in landfill, are effective, if unimaginative options for the destruction of the more humble book. I've become a collector of book repurposing options.

Chris Scott

 One of my favourites and easily the most beautiful examples, involves an unknown artist in Edinburgh who used books to create a series of sculptures with literary themes. They were left anonymously with attached thankyou notes explaining the artist's work.
Enjoy :)
Updated 16/08 : this is the article Mysterious Paper Sculptures which originally informed this post. I couldn't find it earlier!