Notice: Waste Rubber Must Not Be Destroyed, Thrown Away or Mixed With Refuse
A text-only legal notice under the royal arms cites Salvage of Waste Materials Order No. 4 of 7 September 1942 and warns that anyone disregarding it is liable to prosecution. The royal arms lend state authority to the order (transfer); the small print states the reason as a serious shortage of rubber.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ministry of Supply (Salvage of Waste Materials Order No. 4); printed for H.M. Stationery Office by C. & E. Layton 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)
Ministry of Supply, printed for HMSO by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London, 1942 or later. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.
Text on the object
NOTICE Under the Salvage of Waste Materials Order No. 4. made by the Minister of Supply S.R.O. 1942/No. 1770 dated 7th September, 1942 WASTE RUBBER MUST NOT BE DESTROYED THROWN AWAY OR MIXED WITH REFUSE Any person disregarding this Order is liable to prosecution It is an offence to burn Rubber. Owing to the serious shortage the strictest economy in the use of Rubber is essential. Every scrap of waste Rubber that is not required for necessary purposes should be disposed of for Salvage. S. & R.B. 87. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by C. & E. Layton Ltd., London E.C.4 51.2744.
