A Drawing in a Waste of Paper
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LAST week we referred to possible saving in the size of blue-prints, suggesting that drawings might be made on a smaller scale. In addition, however, thousands of such prints are made to standard dimensions. Many we have seen may cover almost a square foot, and yet carry the picture of some very small part, such as a bolt or nut. These prints, surely, could be cut down very considerably.
Christmas is coming, and cards and calendars are arriving, although in smaller quantities than usual. Put the old almanacs into the paper basket as soon as possible, and do not keep the cards after the Christmas period.
Many photographs are mounted on thick card. Either scrap the lot or cut off the surplus, Also get rid of as many as possible of those old albums which show your ancestors from the time they were babies on the hearthrug until they crossed the Styx.
If you have any books to which you never refer, and which are not of great value as first editions, they cannot be worth much, so tear off their covers and hand them over to the collector. Even reference books become out of date and the information contained in them may be worse than useless.
Many traders and works have been in the habit of preserving large quantities of cartons, corrugated paper, etc. Keep only enough for bare needs.
Large quantities can be passed to the waste paper merchant, and if you experience any difficulty with councils in connection with the collection of smaller quantities, write to us, marking the envelope "Waste Paper."