On 4 Jun 2021 18:51:38 GMT, Roger Hayter wrote:

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An only moderately obsessive person can stretch, flatten and refold the
scrunched paper fairly quickly and end up with a tenth of the volume.

Far from it (assuming reasonable mobility / dexterity) and it's
certainly quicker, easier and less polluting than driving it, still
scrunched up to the recycling centre (and where it will still take up
more space than necessary).

It's no more 'obsessive' than de-plastic-taping a cardboard box (so as
not to contaminate and so reduce the recycling value), removing any
address labels (plastic / identity protection), rinsing out food
containers or crushing cans?

Cheers, T i m