rubber bands
... that the Royal Mail consumes nearly 1 billion rubber bands per annum at a cost of almost £1,000,000?
... that the <a href="./Royal_Mail" id="mwGoI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> consumes nearly 1<span id="mwGoM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>billion <b id="mwGoQ"><a href="./Royal_Mail_rubber_band" id="mwGoU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Mail rubber band">rubber bands</a></b> per annum at a cost of almost £1,000,000?