Conference tallis::celt

855.0. "Time to give up those old, moldy things!" by TOLKIN::OROURKE () Wed Jan 23 1991 12:17

    
    Any Irish care to contribute?
    
    
    Boomerang boots
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    "Ardent environmentalists in Britain, with their hearts in their
    boots, need despair no longer; they can now recycle their Wellingtons.
    
    In a move that adds new meaning to the "greenWellie," Britain's largest
    manufacturer of gumboots is setting up the world's first recycling
    scheme.  It hopes to establish "Wellie banks," and even claims its plan
    could help offset the effects of the Gulf Crisis.
    
    Dunlop, which makes almost a third of the 7 million pairs of gumboots
    sold in Britain each year, already is planning to import worn-out
    Wellies from Norway." 

    
    
    I've had my Wellies for better than 5 years and they aren't even close
    to worn out yet.  
    
    If there are millions sold each year I must be doing something wrong with 
    mine.  
    
    Or another thought is there are more and more people getting into the 
    sport....8*)
    
    paddy
    
    p.s. FYI  I've heard keVin goes through at least 3 pair a year
    

    
    
    Your a Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad man Mr Culbert ... :-)
    
    
    
    keVin