Free Newspapers & Pick-Up Publications - United Kingdom
By Erina Lin, Tuesday 23 January 2007 at 21:14 :: General :: #122 :: rss
by Tatiana Repkova
The Westminster City Council will ask for money from the publishers of free newspapers to deal with the cost of cleaning up discarded copies. Since the introduction of London Lite and thelondonpaper, the city council says it has to collect an extra 1,000 tons of paper a year. City officials say distribution has overwhelmed waste collectors, publishers should help foot the bill.
News International, thelondonpaper's owner, said it was in negotiations. The council says most copies are discarded in the West End and are not recycled, ending up incinerated or in landfills. Both papers have a circulation of more than 300,000 copies a day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6290827.stm; January 23, 2007
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