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Blue box bonus: John Roper, left, and Glenn Lloyd, right, display the Great Blue Divider, a device they've Invented to extend the capacity of blue boxes
Blue box bonus: John Roper, left, and Glenn Lloyd, right, display the Great Blue Divider, a device they've Invented to extend the capacity of blue boxes

Blue box bonus: John Roper, left, and Glenn Lloyd, right, display the Great Blue Divider, a device they've Invented to extend the capacity of blue boxes

Date1/29/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128502F
The right stuff: Nancy Gibson of Mississauga carries a blue box with recyclable materials but officials say things have been turning up in the boxes
The right stuff: Nancy Gibson of Mississauga carries a blue box with recyclable materials but officials say things have been turning up in the boxes
5/15/1986
An appetite for garbage. Mayor Art Eggleton and recycling official Don Young demonstrate the blue box. Toronto households will start getting boxes thi(...)
An appetite for garbage. Mayor Art Eggleton and recycling official Don Young demonstrate the blue box. Toronto households will start getting boxes thi(...)
10/4/1988
Counting boxes: Jack Poots, left, borough clerk, and John Nigh, deputy clerk, check over the ballot boxes that will go out to the 1,140 polling stations for the Nov
Counting boxes: Jack Poots, left, borough clerk, and John Nigh, deputy clerk, check over the ballot boxes that will go out to the 1,140 polling stations for the Nov
10/19/1982
Farewell to a friend: Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby, Ernie Whitt and George Bell (this side of casket, left to right) returned to Toronto from their spring training camp in Florida for the funeral of Norm Hinsley yesterday
Farewell to a friend: Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby, Ernie Whitt and George Bell (this side of casket, left to right) returned to Toronto from their spring training camp in Florida for the funeral of Norm Hinsley yesterday
3/25/1988
Heavy blues, Richmond Hill's recycling program will begin delivering blue collection boxes to area homes June 4
Heavy blues, Richmond Hill's recycling program will begin delivering blue collection boxes to area homes June 4
4/14/1988
Feet first: Ernie Whitt, left, of the Toronto Blue Jays, has an impression of his foot taken by Glenn Copeland, president of the Feet First store, which will offer physiotherapy for feet as well as sports shoes and custom-made shoe inserts.
Feet first: Ernie Whitt, left, of the Toronto Blue Jays, has an impression of his foot taken by Glenn Copeland, president of the Feet First store, which will offer physiotherapy for feet as well as sports shoes and custom-made shoe inserts.
1/21/1987
Blue Boxes: Writer agrees with Metro councillor Howard Moscoe that recycling is a flop
Blue Boxes: Writer agrees with Metro councillor Howard Moscoe that recycling is a flop
11/16/1989
Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy
Speed merchants: Tony the Tiger became a Blue Jay on cereal boxes and Coke cans recorded game scores minutes after the team Jumped for Joy
10/31/1992
Angus McDonald: Architect of the Mississauga's blue box recycling program, he has been selected commissioner of transportation and works.
Angus McDonald: Architect of the Mississauga's blue box recycling program, he has been selected commissioner of transportation and works.
1/18/1993
Less is more: Designers Denis Huggins (above) and Pauline Cheng believe the packaging is as important as the package and have dremed up these tiny gift boxes, kicking off their own greeting card company
Less is more: Designers Denis Huggins (above) and Pauline Cheng believe the packaging is as important as the package and have dremed up these tiny gift boxes, kicking off their own greeting card company
12/17/1979
Ned Shillington. Impressed by boxes
Ned Shillington. Impressed by boxes
8/31/1976
Joseph and David Gladstone pack one of their picture boxes, a new kind of text with pictures only that is becoming popular in schools across the United States and in the rest of world.
Joseph and David Gladstone pack one of their picture boxes, a new kind of text with pictures only that is becoming popular in schools across the United States and in the rest of world.
12/15/1971