SALVAGE OF WASTE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 4

SALVAGE OF WASTE

C OLLECTION OF RUBBER ARTICLES v | T’.e Mayor of Nelson (Mr E. R. j Neale) has been in further touch with „ the Motor Trades Association, the l! members of which body throughout _ New Zealand have undertaken the collection of used rubber goods in conI nection with the reclamation of waste r, I drive. The collection of rubber ary tides has been placed in the hands of - the Motor Trades Association, but pending further announcements, waste - rubber articles may be left at any gar_ o age or service station anywheie m the district, and arrangements will be made for collection at various points. If the goods can be left at a town station so much the better, but if it is im- ' possible for them to be so left householders may notify the Mayor, or any service station, and a note will be taken of the address and the goods ultimately d collected. All articles containing rubber arc - wanted, but some goods such as tubes. • milking machine inflations, crepe soles. 1 hot water bottles, etc., of course have a much higher percentage of rubber in them. PAPER AND METAL r A reminder is given that there is a u Waste Paper Depot in Victoria Avenue and that householders may also hancT in waste paper in the course* of the ordinary weekly rubbish collection. Metals of the types already announced v are also urgently wanted and will be •’ collected by the rubbish service.