PAPER, RAGS AND BAGS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23772, 27 September 1940, Page 8

PAPER, RAGS AND BAGS

RECLAMATION OF WASTE BULLETIN TO BE ISSUED [by telegraph—own correspondent] WELLINGTON, Thursday Ibe National Council for Reclamation of Waste Material expects to issue to district committees of the organisation a bulletin dealing with tho collection of paper, rags and bags as soon as possible after tho initial drive for nonferrous metal has been completed about the end of the second week of October. Hitherto the public has been asked only to save these materials and not to send them to tho depots yet.

Early evidence supplied to the council indicated that the collection of waste paper over the whole of New Zealand would be practicable, but subsequent investigations have shown that at the outset it will probably be necessary to confine the collection to the larger centres. A representative of the largest paper mills in Australia is to visit New Zealand soon, and he will confer with the council. These mills may be able to absorb 200 tons of waste paper a month, provided that the sorting, baling and freight costs do not make it uneconomic.

The council invites suggestions for the collection of waste material, and a bulletin issued by it yesterday states that valuable suggestions have been received already. For instance, a correspondent has suggested that a largo quantity of copper and brass can he collected from dentists, these metals being available in the form of disused vulcanisers and flasks commonly used in the profession. An appeal is being made to dentists.

Military camp authorities are being asked to conserve all used shaving cream tubes, which are made of tin", and photographic houses are being asked to collect and forward the lead containers used for packing films.