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This page is a growing springboard for ancient material we find, that shows how wastes and resources have been addressed in the past.

 

 Historic item - (1877) Waste products and undeveloped substances

This is taken from The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) where it appeared on Tuesday 2 January 1877 (page 6).

Waste Products and Undeveloped Substances: a Synopsis of Progress made In their Economic Utilisation during the last quarter of a century, at home and abroad. By P. L. Simmonds of London.

A Victorian approach to resource efficiency, with talk of dog sausages, salted rats, cat fur clothes and flour made from sawdust, this is an excellent and lengthy item (4,000 words).

• Here is the original (PDF of the 1877 newspaper item). 2 MB
• Here is a PDF version of the extracted text (far more legible). 0.2 MB