Neil Williams ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

"Two new free newspapers have created 1.5 tonnes of extra waste on the
London Underground (LU), it has been claimed."

The railways and (slightly less so) the Tube are missing a trick with
newspapers, free or otherwise, in that they get picked up as rubbish.
Why not put a clearly-signed plastic newspaper rack in each vestibule
(perhaps facing the seats on the Tube so it doesn't get in the way of
standing passengers) and encourage passengers by way of notices and
announcements to leave any unused newspapers in the rack for another
person to read?

Tidier, more environmentally-friendly, good passenger service and would
cost next to nothing.

Because the free papers *want* to give more away, not less - because they
use high circulation numbers to justify their advertising fees.