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Garbage collector
Garbage collector

Garbage collector

Date5/2/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Garbage collector: Councillor Howard Moscoe displays 377 cans he says he and a companion picked up from Metro streets in 75 minutes yesterday. He blames the province for being too lax with environment laws.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0069646F
Now these are garbage, too, And 650 collectors are out to get refuse
Now these are garbage, too, And 650 collectors are out to get refuse
11/7/1966
Garbage collectors in the Beaches area pick up bundles of newspapers for recycling
Garbage collectors in the Beaches area pick up bundles of newspapers for recycling
6/15/1972
Parkdale Pickup: Garage owner Jose Almeida, left, sticks close to a Toronto garbage collector yesterday as trash in removed
Parkdale Pickup: Garage owner Jose Almeida, left, sticks close to a Toronto garbage collector yesterday as trash in removed
5/27/1993
Garbage collector: Driver-loader on city truck earns $16,000
Garbage collector: Driver-loader on city truck earns $16,000
7/8/1975
Garbage and Garbage Disposal
Garbage and Garbage Disposal
4/28/1986
The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. (...)
The price of election defeat for former garbage union boss William Overkott, 60, was return to his old job today as $120-a-week garbage truck helper. (...)
1/28/1969
Mountain of garbage greats Michael Furiano, a security guard hired by the city to patrol a pile of garbage bags at Shuter and Seaton Sts. Furiano repr(...)
Mountain of garbage greats Michael Furiano, a security guard hired by the city to patrol a pile of garbage bags at Shuter and Seaton Sts. Furiano repr(...)
4/13/1972
Garbage, garbage everywhere, but society doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to cope with this increasingly serious problem. Will citizens allow themselves to be destroyed by their own waste?
Garbage, garbage everywhere, but society doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to cope with this increasingly serious problem. Will citizens allow themselves to be destroyed by their own waste?
5/11/1966
A bulldozer flattens a huge mound of garbage at the Chinguacousy Township municipal garbage dump north of Bramalea
A bulldozer flattens a huge mound of garbage at the Chinguacousy Township municipal garbage dump north of Bramalea
4/5/1973
Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St
Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St
8/20/1972
Doomsday scenario: Critics say government's decision will lead to a host of social and economic ills, including garbage in the streets, garbage police, and illegal dumping
Doomsday scenario: Critics say government's decision will lead to a host of social and economic ills, including garbage in the streets, garbage police, and illegal dumping
10/22/1986
All-Canadian garbage Mayor Gus Harris (left) and Consumers Affairs Minister Frank Drea tossed the first bags of garbage into the borough's first Canad(...)
All-Canadian garbage Mayor Gus Harris (left) and Consumers Affairs Minister Frank Drea tossed the first bags of garbage into the borough's first Canad(...)
10/1/1979