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title: Save Waste Paper - it is used for AMMUNITION and other vital needs
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-save-waste-paper-ammunition-1940/
description: Two helmeted soldiers man a mounted machine gun beneath the slogan 'Save Waste Paper - it is used for AMMUNITION and other vital needs'.
section: Collection
---

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# Save Waste Paper - it is used for AMMUNITION and other vital needs

Two helmeted soldiers man a mounted machine gun beneath the slogan 'Save Waste Paper - it is used for AMMUNITION and other vital needs'. The weapon imagery lends the soldiers' standing to a household chore (transfer), and the text names only the military use of paper while not saying how much of the collected paper that is (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Save
WASTE
PAPER
- it is used for AMMUNITION
and other vital needs
GET IN TOUCH WITH
YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE
ISSUED BY PUBLIC INFORMATION, FOR NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, OTTAWA;
UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. G. GARDINER, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES.
```

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