Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1917 — four Hundred Tons of Egg Shells to Make Kid Gloves [ARTICLE]

four Hundred Tons of Egg Shells to Make Kid Gloves

Many people imagine when an article is cast into the dustbin its days are ended. This, however, is not so, for all the contents of dust carts are carefully sorted as they are emptied, anything of value being put aside. Disregarding things such as scissors, knives, etc., many are making a big profit out of their “dust.” You wouldn’t think that there would be any value in eggshells, yet every year as many as 400 tons are required in the manufacture of so-called kid gloves, and also in printed calico, observes the Philadelphia Inquirer. Corks, too, are a valuable item, for they sell to manufacturers at the rate of 9 cents a pound and in a year no fewer than $500,000 worth are thrown away. ; Cycles suffer a number of hardships before they reach an absolute end. Old tires are bought at quite a good price by manufacturers for the rubber on them —inner tubes are especially valuable and go to make rubber mats and cheap rubber toys. The frame supplies ‘'short lengths of tube and the rest of the machine is melted down to make a fresh iron article.