SALVAGE OF WASTE
Effort In Britain
(7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 2. During the third year of the war the salvage authorities in Britain collected a vast quantity of waste materials for the war effort. For Instance, 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 maket 1160 tons of grease for lubricating oil and cordite, plus 1737 tons of glue, plus 579 tons of feeding meal for cattle, plus 5211 tons of fertiliser: 299,223 tons of kitchen waste, which could feed 180,000 pigs from birth till bacon time. The yield of rubber was 11,408 tons.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22470, 4 January 1943, Page 5
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129SALVAGE OF WASTE Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22470, 4 January 1943, Page 5
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