AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1926, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Australia & N.Z. Cauls Association, i

A SYDNEY PROBLEM. SYDNEY. .May 27. Tbe disposal of the garbage tliat collects in Sydney is a tremendous problem. il it were allowed to accumulate for a year it would require nearly (iOOf) railway trucks to carry il away. Tbe food waste, bones, etc., would be suflicienl to fill a. train of trucks six and a ball miles along, so il is estimated. The refuse is dumped at sea. and destroyed in incinerators, but tbe authorities have awakened to the fad that, scientifically treated, much of this garbage that lias been destroyed would have a big commercial value. An analysis has shown clearly the fuel value of certain types of refuse, the fertilising value of others, and the quantities of grease and fat that might also he reclaimed lor subsidiary manufacturing purposes. Ibo City Cleansing Engineer now proposes to submit to the City Council a practical recommendation as to lie methods of disposal mid treat incut of this garbage in the future. The chemical treatment of certain classes of garbage in many American cities lias been pointed to as an illustration of what Sydney can do. There, however, il is obligatory on tbe housewives and others to segregate: the garbage into three sections, each of which is collected Indifferent carts. Rut one cannot picture the Sydney housewives submitting to this. When quiet steals down upon Sydney’s streets at. night, one in tv see old men and old women furtively rummaging about the. refuse bins outside of shop doors. Thin- make a business of it. One may wonder wluif they can get out of those bins, but it ! inks now. in the light of the Council’s analysis of the city’s refuse, tliat even tin* most linpromising-lcaking places and things sometime- Hive their value.