An analysis has been made by an expert employed by the British Ministry ol Health. which shows that of the 2,000,000 tons of refuse removed each year from London households it should be possible (o retrieve 179,004 tons of paper. 77.600 tons of metal. 33.976 tons of raps. 17.264 tons of bones, and 600,000 tons of clinker. A scheme for the erection of a reclamation plant and factories near London with a view to utilising the material now being wasted has been prepared.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20905, 20 December 1929, Page 13
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