The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-13
RECOMMENDS SAVING
Of WASTE PAPER

? In referring to his recent appent
for the conservation of waste, secre4
tary OF Commerce Alcxander made
the following Statement urging the
savings OF all waste paper:
Following my appeal Of last week
to save waste and turn IT back into
the channels of trade. / wish to call
attention to the importance of saving
all waste paper.
Attention has beer called quite a
number OF times lately 10 the vital
shortage in paper and ii the senerai
public could realize how a" shortage
OF paper affects It's daily life / feel
sure that a saving and utilization OF
all waste paper would be made.
Many of the = better grades of
waste paper are used as pure substi-
tutes for ground wood pulp and are
used in making all kinds of book.
bond. ledger and writing papers. II
this kind OF waste was not used to
some extent. there would exist IN even
greater shortage of wood pulp from
which most Of our printing papers and
news print paper is made. The waste
paper used in the aoove list consists
vi oies magazines. periodicals. books
and az kinds or printed matter in
general. Every pound of this waste
that is saved and marketed prevents
the use of original wood pulp made
direct from Our trees.
The largest tonnage OF waste paper
is called common MIXED and consists
of any and every sort and scrap of
paper, such as newspapers, waste
from the offices, stores, public build
ings and h homes. The chief use OF
this LIND nf y-a ste ,e tnr - hrxaS
roofing and building boards paper
shipping containers (which carry up
to 100 pounds of freight or expressly
and wrapping PAPER More than two
million tons of ordinary waste paper
are used for boxes and shipping con-
tainers alone. The public Is so ac-
roofing and building boards, paper
boxes hat 1t would be d~umfounded to
find their use seriously curtailed. and
this is what will happen if we do not
look more toward the utilization of
waste. The use of waste papers for
this purpose prevents the
ton of over one billion feet of lumber
annually and is increasing daily. The
utNzation of waste must keep pace
with this to prevent a direct use Of our
trees for the wood pulp. Al the pres
ent time there is very little original
wood pulp used for paper board boxes.
In addition TO the saving of trees
in the making of paper board. there
is another very great saving OF Ium-
Der through the use of paper ship
ping cases which are used instead of
wood boxes. Reports show that ii
would require more than half a BILL
lion feet of lumber annually to replace
the paper shipping cases, now used
by almost every manufacturer In tho
United States.
In most towns and cities there are
dealers in waste paper and other ssl-
vageable meferial such a. rags, rub
Der. metals, etc, who will pay a fair
price for what otherwise would be
thrown away or burned.
The department of stiil
has on hand a limited number OF two
rrhficattoDe on waste reclamation
which 1t will be glad to send to in
terested persons. These publications
will show h one large city has
done to develop a eity-wide system OF
waste reclamation for the home.
store and factory, and the other will
give soma pointers on how to organ.
ize n operate the service"