Let's say you own some junk (of questionable value), which you cannot dispose off. After waiting a while, you decide to burn this junk. So what? Nothing is lost. No big deal. Life goes on. It is not like these hicks in Kansas went and burned the collection of Renaissance paintings in Europe or something.
Yeah, it’s not like there aren’t any nursing homes, prisons, schools or military bases in the area that would welcome a truckload of free books.
Have a lot of respect and reverance for Europe, have you?