An Anonymous Patron shares this story from the Guardian:
“It is a melancholy thought for published authors that, as they speed home hopefully towards their word processors, they may be supported by crushed literary dreams. A recent newspaper report revealed that the aggregate sold by the tonne for use as landfill and in motorway foundations often includes pulped books.
In the week of the Britart blaze in east London, this strange image raises the larger question of the shelf life of culture. The way that a No 1 paperback can end up as M1 asphalt shows that publishers are ruthless about the pulping of unwanted stock. But the mere fact that a company such as Momart can make a huge business from artwork warehouses around London demonstrates the existence of a taboo about the destruction of art.”
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