Old Razor Blade Problem Solved; Reich Saves 'Em
B'ERliIN, Nov. 18. — Germany's antiwaste drive has provided one solution to the knotty "what to do with old razor blades" problem.' Its answer is, "save them.". The TMrd Eeich believes that 1,500,000,000 marks is wasted every year in food products and materials. It has adopted several measures to convert that waste into, a savings. Voluntary helpers are collecting every bit of scrap metal from households, even discarded containers and eurtain rods. Nothing is too small, nothing to insignificant — not even old razor blades. In subway stations and post offices^ special cans are provided for odd bits o£ metal which co-operative citizens want to get rid of. Sea gulls' pickings fr-^ German ships will be slim in the future. .The North German Lloyd and HamburgAmerica Line have installed special receptacles aboard their sKips to collect and preserve kitchen leavings. The refuse will be dried during the voyage by a special process and will be used later to f eed hogs. In the port of Hamburg, a special ship has been stationed as a.dump for all odd bits of metal, however useless, which otherwise might heedlessly be tossed overboard.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 43, 6 March 1937, Page 18
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