Show Nothing is is Wasted in in France Trance I II I Household refuse rUM known In France Francea a as ordure la Is ret NIt out In III front of or houses house bou during the night slight In tin sine line or galvanised iron Iran cans can or boxes boxen box whence ft It 1 I Ie collected In the tb early morning hours hour by large tar wagons wagon belonging to the municipality mu pal It Fur Joor tn 11 the service an au ordinary ordinal family living In III a flat pays pay paya pa paR a R tax of ot K M or lie 1010 id Pt year The wagons wagon tarry earry rry the rubbish to tn quay quatI along alona th the river delis WO where It Itte itI to te I dumped upon Inclined chutes chute carry It II on to barges haru which are tuned to tott ad d to poInts point where wh the tb material 1 I Is to tn to In ha I landed Both Hoth while In the boxes bona along the th street Hold nid IK un on the quay tua the I is exposed to the Ut operation of Gt chit hlf or ra rag pit Iker kers who sort hoyt out ut and d take tak away way rags i paper Iper per and outer other articles Article from th the sale al of ot which a large number lu r of ot m n women and children gain a living In laris l tirl There Th are ale ar several veral private establish establishment ment In tile th neighborhood tie ot of Part where the household rubbish I la Is treated for tor the alv g of ot bottles glass If crock crockery cry ery tin Un cans can bones bone etc tc but by It far tar the th Ih mot moat t Important of ot them to Is at body about eight muse mile vast east of ot Par Paris on the Canal Cana d de 1 lOur which connects connect with the tb Usine The establishment I owned l and operated by b a private company which waa was organised and took up UI the tha business buln after the government of ot Paris larIs had failed taIled In It its attempt to destroy the city garbage by burning The omu being landed at the th wharves In Bondy Is I a carefully picked over ov and all rags rag bones bone old paper sardine and aad other can cans metal glass oyster shells shell IU etc which have escaped the Ih kook book of ot the taken u n I out ut and nd assorted for separate treat lievi merit ment The Th sardine fruit meat mal aim nou 0 vegetable cans cane are cut up for far tin till which I t u used ud d In making toys fur for which large I quantities of ot this scrap tin are a sent ent t to Germany German The Th rough bones bone lone are lr used a as mater material materIal ial mi for glue Kille the finer tineI one on for tor mak task making makIn tasking ing In knife handles handle I buttons dominoes die and other articles article Oyster 01 shells bI which are rich In lime Ume and phosphates or ar are ground Into powder which IK is mixed with grain and other materials to make malM food tood for poultry The Th remainder of ot tho the rubbish which consists mainly of ot ashes uh and refuse refus I Is Ie pulverised and nd sold Id to I Ita farmers fanner ta ra a as a Owing to Its It high percentage r of ot potash It IK Is too strong to Iw lit used alone It I Is therefore mixed with barnyard manure manur A oar r load ot of these pulverised ashes he six to tn to ten tone ton I Is III sold Hold at I 4 to JO too low to tn justify It its Ita transportation tu to any great distance no so It I Is used mainly within a of ot thirty rt or forty rony miles mile The Th extent of ot tins t supply may ma be bP Inferred from the fact fart that the establishment at Bondy Bond sends out from to ItO car carloads carload loads load load per day This Industry Illustrates forcibly the th marvelous talents talent of ot th the French rench l people for tor economy conomy In every detail of dolly daily Iy life Ht Nothing that can ean fertilise land Id landor Idor or serve aa a material for any form ot of manufacture Is I wasted Even Kven the dust dut derived by vacuum cleaners cleaner In n sweet sweep p log Ing stores to offices fIc and dwellings Is um con considered n a hJ hc fertiliser fertIlIzer and d sells sell for tor about 4 francs franco or to 10 0 cents cent per r kilogram kilograms or nr It 8 1 per metric ton Ion I Consular Report |