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That's the way the money goes

Tuesday 25 October 1994 00:02 GMT
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That's the way the money goes: used banknotes, chopped up and compressed, being dumped for the Bank of England at a landfill site near Tilbury yesterday. The bank has to dispose of seven tons a day. To avoid pollution they are no longer burned, but selling them as novelty firelighters is among proposals being investigated.

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