What can readers do when they discard their free papers? Tossing them in a recycling bin is one solution. Building a house is another.

Earlier this year, London's freesheets began to actively participate in recycling efforts, forced by a Westminster Council decision last year.

A Londoner found another way to express her annoyance with the amount of waste caused by freesheets - and waste in general.

Karen Janody, along with colleagues Gillian McIver and Sumer Erek, are building the skeleton of the Newspaper House in East London with free newspapers, between March 3 and March 8. The house is located in Gillet Square Hackney.

Thanks a £15,000 contribution from the arts and social change Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, this should be the first construction of several, in cities across the UK.

The house will be dismantled afterwards to be sent to recycling.

"I am confident the project will be a big hit with the public and hope it will be able to tour the UK, involving the public and making a contribution to environmental awareness in a truly adventurous way," said Gulbenkian director Andrew Barnett.

Source: The New Zealand Herald