By Cosmo Hamilton
‘Newsprint is sacred.’ That is what my late father Cleveland Hamilton used to say. He disliked the sight of newspapers strewn around on the street and elsewhere. This profound opinion was born of the fact that he strongly thought that the newspaper is a vital source of information and education and should therefore be treated with respect. His theory is that yesterday’s newspaper is not simply old news but intrinsically represents a historic dimension of life.
My father’s thought process regarding newsprint would likely have been influenced also by the fact that he was a highly regarded journalist and poet and would rather not have seen his precious words stepped on and defaced after they had been consumed. And so I venture to think that he would have been somewhat appeased today that environmentally,
