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Green bottle: ICI manager David Gannon shows off plastic bottles that will disintegrate when tossed on a compost heap.
Green bottle: ICI manager David Gannon shows off plastic bottles that will disintegrate when tossed on a compost heap.

Green bottle: ICI manager David Gannon shows off plastic bottles that will disintegrate when tossed on a compost heap.

Date10/30/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127561F
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