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    3. Environmentally-friendly Green Use for Old Yellow Pages

    Environmentally-friendly Green Use for Old Yellow Pages

    26 November 2000
    By Chris Smith.

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    15 tonnes of old Yellow Pages directories are being shredded and laid under new road surfaces in south Devon in an attempt to cut down traffic noise.

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