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title: Don't burn waste paper
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-burn-waste-paper-1941/
description: 'Salvage poster: a dented metal bin overflows with newspapers, a cereal-style box, a toothpaste carton and corrugated card.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Don't burn waste paper, 1941 US poster: Salvage poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-burn-waste-paper-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-burn-waste-paper-1941.jpg)

# Don't burn waste paper

Salvage poster: a dented metal bin overflows with newspapers, a cereal-style box, a toothpaste carton and corrugated card, with a red flame sweeping in from the top left behind 'Don't burn'. The line 'Our war effort needs it' ties household waste to the war effort (transfer), with 'Call A Collector!' as the instruction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Don't burn
WASTE
PAPER
Our war effort needs it
Call A Collector!
[signature:] RABKIN
[imprint:] DIVISION OF INFORMATION
OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
```

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