Evening star., 1942-11-09
Special Trucks
StdrtCoIIectinq
Tin Cans Here
Drive Is Expected
To Net 25OTons
OF Metal Monthly

With more than an estimated
As, 100000 pounds Of scrap metal al
ready credited to the District since
July the salvage campaign total
was expected to leap ahead many
thousands of pounds this week with
the start of tin can collections here.
Twelve special District refuse
trucks, each manned by a driver
and two laborers, made the rounds
this morning at homes where only
trash normally is collected on Mon
days.
Tin can pickups will continue to-
morrow, Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday in areas where trash regu-
larly is collected on those days.
No Pickup Wednesday.
There will be no trash or can col
lections on Wednesday, Armistice
Day. The extra pickups will be
made Saturday, William A. xanten,
District refuse chief. announced.
Normally trash collections are not
made Saturday, he said, but the
revised schedule is necessary be-
CAUSE VI Vic llOllOdy llllo WCCh'
District householders, Mr.. Xanten
said, are expected to salvage ap-
proximately $50 tons-or 100000
pounds-of tin cans each month, SO
per cent of which will yield No.
scrap steel for Americas OPEN
hearth furnaces.
This figure, he said, is based on a
production estimate for Washington
of one ton per 1000 persons per
month, or approximately $50 tons
per month for the Districts 850,000
population. More than one e-third of
the tin cans in use, it is hoped, will
be salvaged.
If these estimates prove accurate,
tin can collections between now and
January will add almost 100000
pounds to the Districts scrap metal
total.
Firsts Load Leaves Tonight.
The collection plan for this week,
Mr.. Xanten said, is only tempo
rary arrangement and will be
shelved next Monday in favor of
collections by the city's garbage
trucks.
Cans will be gathered on regular
garbage collection days, which, at
this time of the year, come twice
weekly.
AS trucks loaded with tin cans
filled today, they moved to the
garbage transfer station at New
Jersey avenue and K street Sc,
where the accumulations were
dumped into freight cars. The first
trainload is expected to leave to-
night for detinning plant in Pitts.
burgh, Pa.
Preparation Called Important.
Mr.. Xanten underscored again the
Importance of preparing the tinAans
in order to facilitate collections. He
warned that if cans are not properly
handled by householders, they will
be rejected.
Householders are asked to be
guided by the following instructions:
l. Cans must be firmly f1attened.
Flatten with foot, not hammer.
2. Do not mix prepared cans with
raw unprepared cans.
3. Do not place prepared cans in
paper bags or paper cartons.
4. Place cans collected in a suit
able container, such as wooden box
or metal receptacle, beside trash
receptacle on the day of trash COL
lections. Next week, follow this rule
on garbage collection days.
5. Paint, oil, varnish, floor polish
and beer cans with cone shaped tops
are not wanted. Also unwanted are
cans with labels stamped on them,
"Jalopy" Drive Lags.
Meanwhile the Districts "ialopv
campaign" designed to collect 1000
Junked and abandoned automobiles
during November, is progressing at
a slower pace than anticipated,
Horace Walker, salvage committee
executive secretary, announced
today.
Although approximately $50 jalop-
les have been tabled as prospects for
the junk heap, the salvage COM
mlttee has been able to clear titles
on only 25, Mr.. Walker said.
Plckups by nine District junk deal
ers will start tomorrow, he said.
The anticipated 1000 jalopies will
yield approximately 1000, 900 pounds
OF scrap metal.