VALUE IN CAMP WASTE

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 114, 10 November 1917, Page 3

VALUE IN CAMP WASTE

AN EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. I (FRO! OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) _ LONDON, 4th September. Grl3-cenne used to be obtained mainly from seeds and nuts, linseed and copra, but now it is a by-product of soap, and so much of it is constantly required that the supply of oils and fats for soap-making lias become a matter of great importance. Glycerine is used in large quantities for propulsive explosives. In the early stages of the war it was suggested that the waste of army camps, in the form of bones and fat, might supplement the primary materials from home sources, and the experiment made was so eminently successful That the .Wai- Office established j plant for the treatment of such refuse in various centres. Now one' thousand tons of glycerine are annually produced trom the Army collection, and this provides propulsive explosives for 12.500,000 shells. Waste fat from the ordinary household can be similarly employed, | and, although it is not expedient from the standpoint of economy to set up | an official organisation for the collection of small amounts from individual house- I holds, or even jirom clubs, hospitals, or other institutions, private thrift and en-' : terprise in the preservation of kitchen j waste, and in its disposal to local coli lectors, may effect' extraordinary re- ! suits. The grease in . kitchen waste j bought by the rag and bone man is ultiS mately converted by a series of processes j into-a melted fat, 'which is sold to soap- ! makers, and the by-product, glycerine, is finally requisitioned by the Ministry of Munitions, and used "for direct war purposes. Householders are therefore urged to give the home supply of oils and fats all possible encouragement by saving kitchen waste and disposing of it to local collectors.