垃圾换书，阅读与环保同行

Tommy Ardiansyah

印尼的一位图书馆馆长近日在附近的村庄推出了“垃圾换书”的借阅服务，这个借阅服务受到了孩子们的热烈欢迎。

A librarian in Indonesias Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more.

Each weekday Raden Roro Hendarti rides her three⁃wheeler with books stacked （使成堆） up at the back for children in Muntang Village to exchange for plastic cups， bags and other waste that she carries back. She thinks she is helping the kids read more and making them aware of the importance of protecting the environment. As soon as she shows up， little children， many accompanied （陪同） by their mothers， surround her “Trash Library” and ask for the books.

They are all carrying trash bags and Radens three⁃wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. Shes happy that the kids are going to spend less time on online games as a result. “Let us build a culture of literacy （讀写能力） from a young age to ease the harm of the online world. We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and to save the Earth from trash，” Raden says. She collects about 100 kg of waste each week， which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6，000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighbouring areas as well.

Kevin Alamsyah， an avid 11⁃year⁃old reader， keeps searching for waste lying in the village. “When there is too much trash， our environment will become dirty and its not healthy. Thats why I look for trash to borrow a book，” he says.

According to Raden Roro Hendarti， whats the benefit of her “Trash Library”？

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