Abstract
WASTE, begotten of ignorance out of laziness, is no new phenomenon; it is probably coeval with man, if not with his progenitors. But primitive man had neither the knowledge and incentive nor the use of machines to convert his scrap into utilizable material; modern man has all these, but in general fails to apply them on any considerable scale, unless he is compelled thereto by war or by the expectation of profit. Modern industries based upon science have, however, not only realized the need of recovering materials hitherto wasted, but also they themselves have created new wastes to be recovered, such as chemical by-products and metallurgical scrap.
Science and Salvage
From the German "Verwertung des Wertlosen". Editor, Claus Ungewitter. Translated by L. A. Ferney and G. Haim. Pp. 183. (London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, Ltd., 1944.) 12s. 6d.
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TRIPP, E. Science and Salvage. Nature 155, 219–220 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155219a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155219a0
