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The trash most commonly found in municipal landfills is plain old paper—on average, it accounts for more than 40 percent of a landfill's contents. Newspapers, which can be recycled, can take up as much as 13 percent of the space in U.S. landfills and deteriorate very slowly. Research has shown that, when excavated from a landfill, newspapers from the 1960s can be intact and readable. You can help reduce this by reusing one-sided printing in your laser printer. Internal communiqués are generally not confidential and can likely be used for reprinting. Also, donate "non-sensitive" one-sided printing for others to reuse—then recycle!