I have to have a rant here. Not only is there the free Metro newspaper every morning, but now when you walk through London in the evening you're having London Lite and The London Paper thrust at you.
I've two issues here - it's more people getting in the way and more people day dreaming whilst reading when you're trying to get home; but more importantly for this site - what about the paper?
Yes, the papers may well be printed on recycled paper (or at least I hope they are as many newspapers have at least a high percentage of recycled pulp in them) but what about the disposal of these papers. I have a 20 minute walk through London each evening, and tonight I counted 1 paper recycling point, lots of newspapers shoved in bins and lots lying around at bus stops and on the ground. All of these extra papers (thousands of them) are just going into landfill. I wouldn't mind so much if the printers were providing recycling facilities, therefore completing the chain, but they aren't.
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I've two issues here - it's more people getting in the way and more people day dreaming whilst reading when you're trying to get home; but more importantly for this site - what about the paper?
Yes, the papers may well be printed on recycled paper (or at least I hope they are as many newspapers have at least a high percentage of recycled pulp in them) but what about the disposal of these papers. I have a 20 minute walk through London each evening, and tonight I counted 1 paper recycling point, lots of newspapers shoved in bins and lots lying around at bus stops and on the ground. All of these extra papers (thousands of them) are just going into landfill. I wouldn't mind so much if the printers were providing recycling facilities, therefore completing the chain, but they aren't.
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I came across a pretty scary statistic today.....
"London Underground passengers are discarding nine and a half tonnes of freesheets a day on three of the tube network's busiest lines, it emerged yesterday..... Northern; Picadilly and Jubilee"
apparently the amount of paper has tripled since the launch of London Lite and the Londonpaper.
Even more worrying is that the article refers to the papers being "binned" not recycled.... not that is NOT good.
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I am Technical Director at a company (Excel Industries Limited), which manufactures insulation from recycled papers (Warmcel). I can tell you that many hundreds of tonnes of waste free papers are collected in the UK per annum and we use some of these. We are trying to approach Local Government in London, so that we can take a higher amount of this waste paper. It is not all bad news but a lot more could be done in order to collect a higher proportion of the waste free papers.
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I'm pleased to hear it - it sounds like an excellent source of paper for you and a great use to put it all to. I've used Warmcel insulation in 2 houses now and much prefer it over the more conventional fibre glass rolls (not least because it's easier to use)
I hope you're successful in the approach to the local governments.
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