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The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action
The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action

The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action

Date8/19/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: The sight of a truck passenger strewing orange peels and other garbage on the street prompted a reader to action. The result: A sarcastic reply.
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010980F
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Etobicoke recycling depot
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Bull, Ron
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Ontario's proposed $150,000 anti-litter advertising campaign comes under fire from the Consumers' Association of Canada
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Ross, Fred
5/19/1971
One way to fight pollution, Recycling centre for cans and bottles has been set up by the Borough of Scarborough on Midland Ave. just north of Ellesmere Rd
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Darrell, Dick
7/27/1971
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Spremo, Boris
4/30/1971
Moving junk makes room for birds and a muskrat, As part of a Pollution Week project, Grade 3 pupils from North York's Bluehaven Public School pile up (...)
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Darrell, Dick
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On an anti-litter project, students at Westwood Secondary School in Mississauga pack away a batch of empty tin cans they collected. From left, Tina Sc(...)
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Calleja, Frank
4/6/1971
Clean up
Clean up
Faught, Ken
4/23/1985
Empties left behind
Empties left behind
Bull, Ron
4/12/1984
Garbage mounts: With no settlement in sight of the strike by 450 York Borough employees, uncollected garbage is piling up
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Spremo, Boris
10/22/1981
A garbage truck rolls through Maple
A garbage truck rolls through Maple
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/31/1974