Australian Newsagency Blog

Kudos to the folks at New Idea for donating ten cents from every copy of this week’s New Idea sold to the McGrath Foundation.  We are sending in a donation of $150 to the foundation on behalf of our newsXpress Forest Hill family.  It is the least we can do given the magazines sold over […]

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More magazines are touting environmental credentials, Madison from ACP magazines is the latest with their green issue this month. It is one thing to have a green issue and another entirely for a magazine to be green. While I appreciate that a green issue brings attention to environmental issues in the context of […]

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Scoop NZ reports that OfficeMax in New Zealand is providing shredded paper for use as bedding at the Auckland zoo.
Lawson, a c-store chain in Japan, announced yesterday a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10% by 2012 - with 2006 emissions as the base.
More businesses are making moves on environmental matters.  Newsagents need to […]

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We have been trying to wean our customers off plastic bags for months - especially newspaper customers. They buy a paper for $1.10 or thereabouts and when we don’t offer a bag, many demand it. In case they want proof of purchase we offer a receipt or a stamp on the newspaper. […]

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I was interested to read the reports last week of a ‘major’ magazine recycling initiative in New York. While the pitch is more about getting publishers to use recycled paper, the drive is for consumer engagement by using recycle bins.
In one report I found this:
A big recycling issue is newsstands, where only one of […]

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