Weshouldtakeeffectivemeasurestoputthepolicyofrecyclingoftextbooksintorealpractice,saysanarticleinDazhongDaily.Thefollowingisanexcerpt:
TheMinistryofEducationsaidonMondaythatstartingthisspring,asystemofrecyclingtextbookswillbeestablishedinruralprimaryandsecondaryschools,whichmeanssometextbookswillbegiventostudentsbytheschoolsfreeofchargeatthestartofatermandbereturnedattheendoftheschooltermsothattheycanbeusedbyotherstudents.
Theideaofrecyclingtextbookswasraisedseveralyearsago.Now,ithasbecomearegulation.Ifwewanttomakeitwork,wemustdothreethings.
First,wemustcutofftheprofitchainbetweenpublishersandeducationbodies.Thekeyreasonthesystemwasnotadoptedpreviously-hugeeconomicinterests.
Second,wemustsolvethehygieneproblemregardingrecycledtextbooks.Despitethebenefitsofrecycling,someparentsandstudentshavekeptquestioningthehygieneproblem.Thetextbooksshouldnotbecomeasourceofdiseases.
Third,wemustboostthesupportingmeasures.Textbookrecyclingisacomplicatedprocess,itisnotasimplematterofcollectionandreuse.Forinstance,howdowedealwithproblemsliketherefusalbysomeparentstotheuseofthesetextbooks,andstudentdamagetothebooks?