Waste mountain of phone books

GOLDEN Pages said last May they would be distributing 1.7m copies of the Golden Pages and phone directories.

Wed, 29 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

All 01 (Dublin) volumes (9lbs the pair) would weigh about 6,800 tonnes.

Other area volumes were smaller, so the likely total weight was, about 5,000 tonnes. Half of that - maybe more - is waste.

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