A Soggy Newspaper


By Bryan Dorr, 24 Jan. 2012 at 11:47 PT
Filed under: Opinion & Commentary

Every Tuesday, The Oregonian’s ThisWeek/Food Day complimentary newspaper (I did not subscribe to) wrapped in a plastic bag lies on my driveway. Unless the weather is dry, the newspaper usually ends up soggy no matter how light it rains and it becomes unreadable. The pages tear when flipping through the soaking wet pages gently.

The newspaper eventually ends up straight in to the recycling bin. The punctured or torn plastic bag ends up in the trash that could otherwise be used as a dog poo cleanup bag. What an utterly waste of paper and plastic when I can enjoy a better reading experience online.