Junk mail delivered to one home in a year weighed 28.8kg - Australia


MARTIN Wale has had it up to his neck with junk mail.

So he kept brochures, catalogues and pamphlets delivered to his Mona Vale home for a year and found they weighed 26.8kg - as much as an eight-year-old child.

The hefty collection goes on display at Mitchell Library's 100th birthday exhibition, which he designed. He says one of the library's roles is document the reality of Australian society.

"It is not enough to only collect things perceived as worthy. We collect anything that accurately reflects our culture and society at any point in time," he said.

"I am hoping we look back on this collection in horror - it paints a damning picture of the wasteful, consumerist society we live in. Hopefully by being quite jarring it makes people stop and think."

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one comment from a reader -

Hmmm, 26.8kg x 1,600,000 Sydney residences = 43,000,000kg per year, straight into the bin.
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sandra