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title: I Need Your Waste Paper
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-i-need-your-waste-paper-1939/
description: 'A shouting helmeted soldier, hands cupped to his mouth, calls out the headline ''I need your waste paper'' above a list of military uses: shell containers.'
section: Collection
---

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# I Need Your Waste Paper

A shouting helmeted soldier, hands cupped to his mouth, calls out the headline 'I need your waste paper' above a list of military uses: shell containers, cartridge wads, mortar bomb carriers, demolition cartons, targets and mine components. The tell for transfer is the soldier's voice: the front-line figure's authority is lent to a household chore.

## 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

```
I need your
WASTE
PAPER
PUT OUT YOUR WASTE PAPER FOR SALVAGE
to make Shell Containers · Cartridge Wads
Mortar Bomb Carriers · Demolition Cartons
Targets · Interior Components for Mines etc.
[small print:] Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by W. R. Royle & Son, Ltd., 51-3748
[small print:] M.O.S. S & R. 119
```

[← I Need Your Scrap Metal](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-i-need-your-scrap-metal-salvage-1939/) ['I Need Your Waste Rubber' (British salvage poster) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-i-need-your-waste-rubber-1939/)

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