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title: 'Don''t Waste Kitchen Scraps: The Nation Needs Them Now'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dont-waste-kitchen-scraps-1939/
description: A pig stands over a blue panel showing a bin of vegetable peelings and an eggshell, under the line 'Don't waste kitchen scraps, the nation needs them now'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Don't Waste Kitchen Scraps: The Nation Needs Them Now, 1939 UK poster: A pig stands over a blue panel showing a bin](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-waste-kitchen-scraps-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dont-waste-kitchen-scraps-1939.jpg)

# Don't Waste Kitchen Scraps: The Nation Needs Them Now

A pig stands over a blue panel showing a bin of vegetable peelings and an eggshell, under the line 'Don't waste kitchen scraps, the nation needs them now'. The concrete claim (ten pounds feeds one pig for a day) is paired with 'the nation needs them', tying a household chore to national need.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Kitchen waste feeds pigs & poultry
KITCHEN SCRAPS ARE WANTED TO HELP PRODUCE BACON AND EGGS. TEN POUNDS WILL FEED ONE PIG FOR ONE DAY
DON'T WASTE KITCHEN SCRAPS
THE NATION NEEDS THEM NOW
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON. 51-3519
```

[← 'Dig for Victory' (British Ministry of Agriculture poster, child with spade)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dig-for-victory-child-poster-1939/) [Eat Greens for Health - Feed Right to Feel Right →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-greens-feed-right-to-feel-right-1939/)

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