WEALTH IN THE DUSTBIN
By scientific or mechanical processes the British Salvage Departments have derived a mull it tide of valuable products from the dustbin, (he waste heap, the refuse pit, and even from the very soil of the batllelieid. Cinders represent a loss of 70 per cent, of (lie heating value of good steam eoal, are worth at least 10s a ton, ami yet are waited in London alone to (lie extent of 3,300,000 tons annually in domestic refuse, while broken glass goes astray to a weight of 45,000 tons, waste paper 58,000 tons, woollen rags 17,000 tuns, cotton rags 20,000 tons, and old tins 92,000 tuns —a fortune thrown away.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1938, 11 February 1919, Page 4
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112Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1938, 11 February 1919, Page 4
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