RECLAMATION OF WASTE

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23089, 3 August 1940, Page 14

RECLAMATION OF WASTE

-—♦—— . ORGANISATION IN CANTERBURY ITEMS FOR COLLECTION LISTED The entire Canterbury Province will be embraced in a plan now being prepared for the reclamation of waste, under the guidance of the National Council for the Reclamation of "Waste Material. Details of the scope of the organisation were received at a meeting of the Provincial Board for the Conservation of Waste, held in the Christchurch City Council chambers yesterday. The National Council advised the Provincial Board that, the work .would be undertaken on the following lines: (ai A provincial board to control each of the 11 provinces. (b) A local committee to operate as far as possible in each urban, suburban, and rural district in New Zealand.

The Canterbury Provincial Board yesterday set up a sub-committee to survey the position in the province and its plan will be considered ultimately by the board. The personnel of the sub-committee is: Messrs W. J. Cartwright, C. Alston, E. Smith, J. Roy Smith, C. Sapsford, and E. Somers. The Mayor of Christchurch, Mi> R. M. Macfarlane, M.P., and Mr W. S. Mac Gibbon are members ex officio. Mr W. Rodgers is the secretary.

The letter from the National Council for the Reclamation of Waste Material, read at the meeting yesterday, indicated that, pending the investigations of technical officers attached to Government departments, it was not intended to collect certain items at present but committees could safely begin activities by setting up a scheme for collecting the items set out in an attached schedule. The letter added that the New Zealand Railways had offered space at practically all of its stations throughout New Zealand for use. as depots at which materials might be deposited, sorted, and prepared for freighting, as directed from time to time. As far as possible, it was hoped that all the work involved in collecting, sorting, and packing would be done by voluntary labour, and that the work would be carried on continuously for the duration of the war.

It was explained in the letter that the following items should be saved and made reudy for forwarding to points which would be indicated on advice of the quantities accumulated. Items which ought to be saved and made ready were listed as follows: Metals: Copper, lead, brass, cast iron, aluminium, tooth paste and shaving cream tubes, tinfoil, zinc, electric globe tops. „ Textiles: Cloth (wool or cotton), either made up garments or cuttings; all buttons should be removed. Old woollen garments, silk stockings, or cuttings. Paper; Envelopes, writing paper, brown paper, newspaper, newsprint cuttings; cardboard, breakfast food and other cartons. It was emphasised that the following items could not be used, and ought not to be collected in the meantime: Steel, wrought iron, greasy or waxed papers, motor tyres, and tins.