Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley
From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Newsgroups: tor.general
Subject: Re: Recycling Phonebooks
Message-ID: <444@ontenv.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 12:08:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: ontenv.444
References: <89Mar15.154034est.19517@me.utoronto.ca>
Distribution: tor
Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto
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In article <89Mar15.154034est.19517@me.utoronto.ca>, eastick@me.UUCP writes:
> Now that the new books are out, anyone know if there is a recycling
> depot for old phonebooks? Its too much paper to just throw away.
> 

In Mississauga they are trying an experimental program to recycle
books, they will be shipped to India and recycled there. Unfortunately
no-one in Canada seems interested. Seems that there is already more
recycled newsprint on the market than there is demand for, so the
recycling companies are having to stockpile newspapers. There's
absolutely no good reason for this as most of the big newspapers still
use large quantities of "new" papaer.

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Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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