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Date12/6/1989

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Overflow: Tony Nolan; left; and Greg Cormier empty blue boxes into a collection truck. While Metro residents are filling their pickup boxes at a phenominal rate; Ontario's lone paper recycling plant in Thorald is receiving far more used newsprint than it can process.

Subject

Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012786F

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