BRITISH WEALTH FROM WASTE
RUGBY, January 2. During the third year of the war. the salvage authorities in Britain collected vast quantities of waste materials for the war effort. They have obtained 300,987 tons of metal —an amount which could provide five aircraft-carriers, five battleships, and three cruisers; 22,975 tons of rags, which could provide 1,000.000 men with battledress. overcoats, and blankets, plus 200 square miles for charts: 11.576 tons of bones, which could make 1160 tons of grease for lubricating oil and cordite, plus 1737 tons of give. plus 579 tons of feeding meal for cattle, plus 5211 tons of fertiliser; and 299,223 tons of kitchen waste which could feed 180.000 pigs from 'birth till bacon time. The yield of rubber was 11,408 lons. —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 4
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BRITISH WEALTH FROM WASTE
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 4
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