Here is the link to the post by the people selling the maps.  The maps were diverted from the landfill and are being sold at 2 pounds per map.  There are 25,000 maps dating back to the 1850's.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ZeroWasteShop/permalink/858073524348829/?sale_post_id=858073524348829

Cheers


At 11:26 AM 8/21/2017, you wrote:
Interesting! I don't think that would be allowed to happen in the U.S.?

Paige

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Subject: [Waml] FW: [ordnancemaps] Uni of Ed Geo maps FOR SALE Seen on        Twitter

Passing this news along.
--Louise Ratliff, UCLA

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Seen on Twitter

"if you're in Edinburgh & love maps, they're selling off the entirety of Edinburgh University Geography dept's maps at a shop in Musselburgh"

https://twitter.com/granitetide
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