Scrap Your Files—Don't File Your Scraps
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THERE is an infinite number of ways 1 in which paper can be saved, The obvious ones have, probably, already been put forward, but it will prove of the utmost benefit to the war effort if everyone thinks out his or her own. If they be good, send them to us. The reward will be your own satisfaction at having contributed something towards the general effort.
The husband should get his wife to turn out all those old fashion books and knitting instructions which have become out of date, whilst the wife can, for once, nag her husband into preserving cigarette and tobacco cartons and wrappers, and either hand them to the tobacconist or add them to the collection of paper for salvage.
Travellers can save millions of tickets by taking out weekly, monthly or quarterly seasons. Incidentally, these save work by the railway staff. For the same reason, we would like to see period tickets inaugurated for bus travel. In passing, we may mention that we have noticed many of the ticket boxes in buses overflowing; surely these could be emptied into small sacks by the conductor.
Paper and card covers for jam jars and milk bottles, etc., should all be kept for the collectors.
If your council be remiss in collecting the paper, write to us, marking your envelope "Waste Paper."