'Samarpana', a Rajajinagar based social service agency in Bangalore, recycles discarded school notebooks into fresh ones for distribution among the needy students. Used notebooks are collected from schools and unused blank-pages are removed for rebinding into fresh copybooks (100-200 pages). The scheme, started five years back, initially focused on collection of used books from five Rajajinagar schools. Outcome was 8000 recycled notebooks. Today 'Samarpana' has a citywide network of notebook drop centres that collect enough material to recycle 75,000 copybooks.

Lions, Rotary clubs, and NGOs (Bhamy Shenoy, are you reading ?) who wish to emulate 'Samarpana' could seek how-to guidance from Mr Hosamani @ 9243106416