The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28
TO BUY WASTE WITH
 THRIFT STAMPS.
Government Is in the Market for Commodities Usually Sent
 to City Dumps.

Every man, woman and child in New England now has chance to obtain war savings and thrift stamps without the least cost to themselves. All that is necessary Is to collect the things usually thrown away and then to sell them to the Government.
 The smallest scrap of paper, empty bottles, rags, bits of tinfoil, pieces of rubber all may be turned into stamps. Moreover, 1t will be no trouble for anyone to dispose of an accumulated stock of waste material for every village, town, and city in that part of the country is organizing agencies through which the Govern ment may buy what would otherwise go to the dumping grounds.
 The Waste Reclamation Service of the Department of Commerce has formulated a plan to save millions of dollars. It is a cooperative plan that works admirably with the National Cleanup and Paint-up movement which the United States Department of Labor is supporting in connection with it's Own-Y our -Own-Home cam paign and which is of interest to all the housewives of the country. The plan includes all the departments of the Government and 1t reaches out to every OI lHe CUlIeu
 Local waste reclamation councils are to be established in each com nunity. These will be composed of represen tatives of cooperating na- tional organizations who will be se- lected by mayors. Wherever prac- ticable special weeks will be designat- ed for the collection of certain com modities. There will be a Paper Week a Metal Week, and a Rubber Week. The councils will conduct ed ucationa1 campaign in which the value of waste materials and the duty of conserving the resources of the country are taught. Newspapers will be asked to aid in this part of the work, and they are already volunteer ing hearty support.
 The importance of enlisting in the Waste Reclamation Service move ment at this time, when spring days encourage the cleaning of houses, shops, and city streets, is emphasized by the Government, for it is hoped to salvage a large part of the refuse that is generally destroyed by carting to city dumps. The war taught the country a few primary lessons in sav- ing and statistics gathered during the two years in which the United States grimly faced the possibility of a long conflict have demonstrated the prodigality of people accustomed to peace and plenty.
 No nation in the world uses so much paper as we find 1t necessary to utilize in our complex activities. America annually sends to the dumps twice as much paper as Great Britain collected in 1914 when 5000 tons a week were gathered under stress of war needs. Eight trees of mature growth are required to make a ton of pulp. A ton of waste paper will save eight trees. Two million tons of boxwood were manufactured from old paper last year. If this paper had not been salvaged 16,o00,O00 trees would have been sacrificed. By helping to save paper citizens ally themselves with the Forestry Service.
 It Is estimated that per cent. of every ton of waste sent to the Dumps is composed of rags. Dump rags can be used for making roofing felt. To destroy them, therefore, is to increase the cost of building. Clean rags are needed for manufacturing paper. Other materials that are enumerated as on the list exchangeab1e. for war savings and thrift stamps are: Can vas, books, magazines, pasteboard containers of all kinds. iron, steel, copper, brass, tin foil and rubber.
 In places where the Waste Recla- nation Service has not yet establish ed councils tho salvaging of saleable materials can be assured by the CO., operation of Clean-Up and Paint-Up committees. Wherever the councils are in operation they will be of great assistance to the Clean-Up and Paint Up movement. According to the plans