WHAT IS WASTE?

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 28 February 1927, Page 4

WHAT IS WASTE?

In an article which accompanied the publication of the above tables, Mr. Hoover says:—"The term 'elimination of waste is subject to some objection as ca .rrymg "ie implication of individual or wilful waste. In the sense used in these discussions, elimination of waste refers wholly to those wastes which can be eliminated solely by co-operative action in the community. They do not refer to any single producer, for in the matters here discussed he is individually helpless to onect them. Nor do they imply anv lessening of fair competition or any infringement °f the restraint of trade laws. In tact, the most casual investigation of the work in progress will show that its accomplishment establishes more healthy competition. It protects and preserves the smaller units in the business world. Its results are an asset alike to the worker larmer, consumer and business man." ' After outlining the various methods in which national waste can be control'ed -\lr. Hoover concludes by saying:-"What the country as a whole has accomplished during the past five years in increased national efficiency is impossible of measurement.