Regret at newsprint wordage thrown away

Dear Editor, Unexpected consequences of the waste disposal changes ripple on in my household. For instance, who would have thought it might make me contribute to unemployment in the newspaper industry? I got my living from it.

Under the old system I tipped my ?recycling? into a bag bought from the town hall and put it out for Grundons to pick up once a week. Now I keep it for two weeks. I have been forced to look at, perhaps weigh, the newsprint wordage that is thrown out.

Colour supplements: unread (beachwear and fashion ?not me?); travel features (not unless it?s Sidmouth and not recently); food ?al fresco? (prefer to be comfortable, indoors); doing up old houses in Little Puddlecombe or Notting Hill (hate DIY and can?t afford it anyway); keep fit and diets (my conscience needs no more disturbance than it already gets); the doings of popular singers and film stars (mainly I?ve not heard of them). What is left? There?s a bit in the money pages about how savings aren?t growing at all; and some news and some sport, though the cricket scores could be printed in larger type and you can forget about 20/20 and its pyjama gear as far as I?m concerned.

I felt guilty about throwing away so much wordage, so totally unread. So I cancelled my newspaper order, me, a journalist by trade!

Norman Brand
Fanshawe Road