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Show WASTE IS MADE INTO GLYCERINE LONDON, March 16. Waste from the army camp kitchens is now supplying sup-plying enough Klycerine yearly to pro- million 18-pound shells. Moreover, this glycerine is being supplied to the army at the pre war price of 60 pounds ton, whereas the present market price is 240 pounds. A portion of the profits made on the process goes to the messing departments of the armies which are now receiving about 30,000 pounds monthly from this source. The proposal to turn the camp waste into glycerine was made by a committee commit-tee of soap manufacturers. They convinced con-vinced the army authorities after some effort that their scheme was possible, and they immediately organized the collection of the waste, especially fats and bones The collections go immediately imme-diately to the nearest soap maker for the production of tallow and glycerine. The fat contains about ten per cent glycerine. The system has since been extended to the base camps in France, where the fat is rendered down and sent home in barrels, and also the navy, which used to throw all this waste overboard. |