SALVAGE OF WASTE PAPER
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 8. While expressing appreciation of the admirable work done by the Waste Council for the patriotic fund, the joint committee of commercial printers and supply houses, through the secretary, Mr E. W. Clarkson, states that it is still of the opinion that the problem of salvage and collection has passed the stage where it can be solved on a funds collecting basis. The committee does not consider that the handling of waste paper on an award basis would make the cost of the product prohibitive as the present cost of waste paper represents only 10 per cent, of the selling price of the finished product. The committee also expresses the opinion that the collection of waste paper cannot be increased to the required 16,000 tons a year without adequate provision for collection, transport, labour and premises. Regulations made the destruction of waste paper illegal and it was equally necessary to have means of dealing with the paper saved. Even where committees were operating adequate facilities for handling the paper did not exist, and it was necessary for the Waste Council to have the means and the power to provide whatever facilities were required by local committees.
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Southland Times, Issue 24818, 10 August 1942, Page 4
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203SALVAGE OF WASTE PAPER Southland Times, Issue 24818, 10 August 1942, Page 4
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