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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government poster, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
British government poster, printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London. National Archives and Records Administration, WWII Foreign Posters (NAID 44266422, 44-PF-155).
Text on the object
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
