[Avodah] Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Can You Throw Newspapers With Torah Content Into The Garbage?

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://revach.net/article.php?id=474

Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Can You Throw Newspapers With Torah Content 
Into The Garbage?

Rav Moshe Shternbuch points out (1:553) that the Rambam (Yesodei 
HaTorah 6:8) distinguishes between Kisvei Kodesh meaning klafim of 
tanach that must be buried and seforim that do not fall into the 
category of Kisvei Kodesh which do need to be buried but it is 
forbidden to destroy them or burn them. If you destroy them you get 
Malkus D'Rabanan (Mardus).

To be Melamed Z'chus on people who throw newspapers with Torah 
content in the garbage he makes two points. Firstly, printed 
materials technically have no kedusha and secondly, since these 
newspapers are made to be thrown out they never become kadosh.

Although Rav Shternbuch himself buries any papers with any kind of 
torah content, he paskens that one should wrap it in a bag or another 
paper before throwing out. That would be okay considering the fact 
that it is printed and meant to be erased. Furthermore it is best not 
to place it in the garbage can with the rest of the garbage but 
rather in separate bin. He ends by saying that V'Hamachmir Tovoi Alav Bracha.

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