WASTE PAPER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 3

WASTE PAPER

"IMPORTANT RAW MATERIAL" APPEAL FOR CONSERVATION The serious view that i.- taken in Britain of the value of waste paper as an essential raw material in the war ! effort is emphasised in an article in the • "National Union of Manufacturers' 1 Journal.” J "The fortunes of war have imposed great burdens on the cardboard and ! paper-making industries." says the article. "The German occupation o! Norway cut off important supplies ol j wood-pulp. In the national interest it 1 is not desirable to use cargo space or i to place additional work on the Navy i by importing the necessary quantities of pulp from the countries very far j away Nor is this desirable from the I monetary point of view, since our cre- ; dits in these countries must be used to purchase munitions and foodstuffs. 1 "The limited supplies of pulp availI able must therefore be supplemented I by whatever home-produced raw matej rials can be obtained. The most irnI portant of these is waste paper, which includes cardboard boxes, old busines.I records, envelope.'. wrapping paper. | newspapers, etc. There is an in-istent ! demand for these materials. which [ must be met because of its bearing on j the war clfort. i "Waste paper makes the cardboard ! from which packing-cases, containers, and cardboard boxes are made. It also replaces metal in certain phase.' o', munitions making. As cardboard it becomes parts of shells and bombs, such jas fuse cylinders, washers, and cups jln addition, it make- container' for ! shells and rides. Building board, sc j much in demand in the blitzed area.- ' for first-aid repairs to property, is alsc produced from waste paper. "Every effort is made by the mills ! to see that all available sources of sup- ( ply are tapped. Trade houses usually ideal through an authorised waste paper | merchant. The Government has wisely ! instructed local authorities in areas ol ; 5000 and more population to institute a system of waste paper collection from households. . . Unless every scrap a waste paper is saved and collected there i- a real danger of a cardboard ! and paper famine. Even now . too much iis burnt, or spoilt in the dustbin ; through ignorance of the important I part that waste paper plays in the i w ar effort A