No Rubber May Be Wasted
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NOW it is an offence to distribute or throw away any waste rubber, and quite apart from the matter of any penalty which may be attached to such a procedure, it is intensely unpatriotic to adopt it. The shortage of rubber is extremely ler-ions. The enemy holds more than To per cent, of the world's natural resources, and the Nation must produce every ounce of reclaimed rubber that it can.
Waste rubber must not be put into a waste bin or other receptacle used for domestic or trade refuse, or mixed with any other material.
The term "waste rubber" does not include any material or article injurious to health or otherwise offensive. Articles required for salvage include tyres and tubes, flooring and tiling, tubing, hose, mats, footwear, electric cable, draught excluders, pedal rubbers, crepe soles, stoppers, jar rings, etc. • Every 10 lb. Of car-tyre scrap yields some 5 lb. of new rubber, and the same quantity of household rubber
scrap will yield about 8 lb. As an example of its use, one type of airman's dinghy can be made from the quantity of rubber reclaimed from one old tyre, and sufficient for a " Mae West " life-saving jacket from four
car-size inner tubes. One doorstop from every home in Britain would equip 500 bombers with tyres and tubes. Every little bit will help; nothing is too small.