Waste Of Paper
•Sir, —:Mr. Russell’s reply to my letter simply emphasizes the timeliness of the point I made, namely, that the campaign against waste is hajf-hearted. It is surely absurd to suggest that patent ■breakfast food requires four wrappings —two of wax paper, one of paper, and one of cardboard, in order that it may stay fresh. Nothing loses its freshness more quickly than tobacco, and tobacco, very properly, is being packed today in light cardboard containers with one thin paper wrapping inside. The duty of the Minister of Supply is to ask the patent food people to do likewise. So far as over-the-counter wrapping is concerned Mr. Russell’s explanation is rather pitiful. If the Minister does not take the sensible course of banning the extra wrapping of wrapped and packeted goods, the remedy lies in the hands of Mr. Russell’s own organization. If all retailers refused to wrap unnecessarily the buying public “would have no option” but to be patriotic.—l am. etc.—ANTI-LIP-SERVICE. Wellington, August 22.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 282, 23 August 1940, Page 11
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