Philobiblon

Phone books.

When was the last time you opened one? I’d date my last touch of one for any constructive purpose back at least seven or eight years.

Yet still every year several arrive – usually plastic-wrapped – on my doorstep. So I pull off the plastic, then stack it by the door until I’m making a special trip to the central recycling facility (since I believe you can’t put them into normal paper recycling).

A totally pointless waste of resources.