Waste mountain of phone books

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

Waste mountain of phone books
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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