Turkish garbage collectors have decided to salvage what was deemed trash by their clientele as treasure for the public, instead. Repurposing an old brick factory, bookshelves were set up inside and stacked full with discarded books, which had been destined for the incinerator before being collected from the trash. The library operates in the Çankaya district of Turkey’s capital, Ankara. The library was originally intended as a resource for workers and their families to enjoy, reports Matador Network, but after word of the project spread, members of the public began donating books to the literary venture. The library opened to the public in September 2017, and today, it’s thriving. “We started to discuss the idea of creating a library from these books,” Çankaya Mayor Alper Tasdelen told CNN, “and when everyone supported it, this project happened.” Books found in the trash are brought back to the sanitation department headquarters where they are …