Brain Zone - Lesson Plans - World War II Recycling

Wotld War 2 Recycling
WW2 Sorting
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Housewives were asked to put their Salvage into four separate containers.

  • Tins and Metal - For aircraft and tanks, weapons etc.
  • Boiled Bones - To make glue for aircraft and glycerine for explosives.
  • Kitchen Waste - For feeding pigs, goats and chickens.
  • Paper - for munitions. (The newspapers of WWII were printed on poor quality paper to save on paper).
  • Rubber - for tyres.
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