Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-20
MANY woman SHOPPERS
FOR WRAPPING ECONOMY
Complaints Against the Excessive
Use of Paper With Store
Deliveries.

Washington householders today warm
ly Endorsed the campaign being waged
by The Star to bring about saving
in the use of wrapping paper. Many
women expressed themselves to the ef-
feet that the great quantities of paper
coming into their houses as the result
of the wrapping of packages Is little
short Of a nuisance, owing to the in
creased labor involved in residences In
getting rid of paper trash.
II am sick and tired" one woman
said, "of getting rid of the paper trash
that comes into the house in connec-
ton with every purchase. Some time
ago, when l wanted two pounds OF
rice, it came to me from the grocery
in a paper bag-in other words, there
was but one piece of paper to add TO
the trash collection.
Now. when / order rice, 1t is sent to
me in a pasteboard box. Around this
box there is a printed wrapper and IN
side of 1t I find. as likely as not, a
printed phamphlet containing some suc l
legend as Twenty ways to cook
rice Then, in addition, the grocer, to
be neat wraps the whole thing up in
another piece of paper. and perhaps ne
fastens it with paper string. so enat
have to gather up and get ria OF
cook book do not need. piece OF out
side wrapping paper and perhaps
paper string.
Sanitation Carried to Extremes.
e."This thing of sanitation is being
carried to extremes. In the old days
we had a small box in the cellar IN
which to put trash. Now we have to
have an extra large barrel, for what l
have said applies not only to the pur-
chase of some classes OF groceries.
such as rice, but many OF the launorles
continue to put pieces of pasteboard
inside shirts and fasten them around
the middle with a paper oano-"holiy
unnecessary, my husband and sons
say.
MY daughters buy boxes OF candy.
and the other day we gathered about
such a box and counted twenty-one
nieces of paper. cardboard and paper
string that came into the house III con
nection with that purchase. SO II is
with almost every purchase that comes
into the house. Too much paper. TOO
much trash to get rid of.
In connection with the great guam
titles of trash which are created by
the waste in wrapping paper that is
going on all over Washington. some
Interesting figures were obtained today
at the Office of J. W. Paxton. superin-
tendent of street cleaning, in the Dis
trict building. There 1t was SAID that
the District of Columbia pays ap-
proximately $4,000 year for the col
lection of trash. which, however. in
cludes number of items in addition
to waste paper. such as bottles. tin
cans, broken furniture etc, in fact. al
most all trash except street and yard
sweepings.
Thirty Wagons for Handling Trash.
NJ r. Ready. the District trash col
lector, has this carted to sorting
place near Benning, where the salable
material. such as bottles, rags and
waste paper is separated and sold by
him, and other trash, not possible of
use. is burned in a big incinerator. His
reports to the District show that no
less than thirty wagons are used in
the collection of the District trash, of
which a great proportion is waste
paper.
In July last 12,s04 cubic yards of
trash were collected: in August. 1886
cubic yards; in September, 1928 cubic
yards; in October, 1858 cubic yards.
At the District building today it was
said eight cubic yards represents the
average wagon load. although there are
some large wagons which hold sixteen