Prevention Of Waste: Pseudo Potato

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

150

Length of issue (in feet)

508

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Nearly everywhere today a major concern is cutting back on waste to help preserve resources. But first, spot your waste! This issue spots a few obvious, and a few very strange areas where intriguing new ways are being developed for preventing waste. A radio-transmitting tennis ball, shaved and whitewashed, becomes a perfect "potato spy" in the battle to save thrity percent of the harvest that never reaches the housewife’s table. The "spy" reports back exactly on the way its being handled by machinery that’s inclined to mash the potatoes before they leave the field.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/150

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Peter Greenaway
Editor: Peter Greenaway

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