WASTE PAPER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 80, 20 July 1942, Page 5

WASTE PAPER

DESTRUCTION BANNED NEW AVAR REGULATION The destruction or abandonment of waste paper or cardboard, except for the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious or contagious diseases, or saving property from the danger of (ire, is prohibited under a Avaste paper control notice. Under these regulations it is forbidden to dispose of Avaste paper othcrAvise than to collectors or buyers. The placing of waste paper in refuse bins, except to safeguard rubbish, is specifically banned. Waste paper is defined as any Avaste scrap, Avorn out or disused material or article, being paper or cardboard, or any article made therefrom, but does not include greasy or Avaxed paper, cellophane, or secret or confidential documents. Newspapers and Wrappings Waste paper in the greatest volume in homes comprises old newspapers and wrapping paper the collection of Avhich has been a problem that has been discussed by the AA'aste products conservation organisation. Rather more difficult than the cost of house-to-house collections has been the question of the expenditure of petrol and Avear on motor tyres for the purpose. Collections of paper Avaste of some magnitude haA-e been made in the main city areas, the original plan being to send it to a plant in Sydney for pulping and the production of wrapping paper. The shortage of shipping space caused this method of disposal to be abandoned and subsequently quantities have been sent to the Whakatane and Mataura paper mills for treatment. From the pulp of some of this Avaste a grey or hi-ow/jh paper, better in quality than ordinary wrapping paper, has been manufactured and is being used for certain printing and office purposes. It has been largely used in military offices and camps for the publication of orders.

In Public Places The use of the Avord 'abandonment' in the regulations Avill make illegal the throAving away of paper which is a common bad habit that creates unsightly litter on roads, in parks and football grounds, and means cost in cleaning up. In the interests of sanitation many people wrap each lot of kitchen refuse in a piece of neAVspaper before they put it in the rubbish tin and it would seem that the regulations intend to permit this use of Avaste. In vieAV of the necessity of meeting shortages by repulping used paper, there is no doubt that there Avill be ready co-operation by the public but the problem still remains as to licav it can be collected. Experience indicates that onlj r a small proportion of people have the means or the inclination to deliver, it to depots.