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Disappearing plastics, Firm says products disintegrate in sun / B5
Disappearing plastics, Firm says products disintegrate in sun / B5

Disappearing plastics, Firm says products disintegrate in sun / B5

Date12/28/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Disappearing plastics; Firm says products disintegrate in sun / B5
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010856F
Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight
Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight
12/28/1988
Hoverburg at plastics show, Plastics Show of Canada got underway at the CNE Industrial building Monday and continues until Thursday
Hoverburg at plastics show, Plastics Show of Canada got underway at the CNE Industrial building Monday and continues until Thursday
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Pipe dream? Chuck Meredith of Bow Plastics Ltd
Pipe dream? Chuck Meredith of Bow Plastics Ltd
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Ninety-six plastic parts
Ninety-six plastic parts
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Sonja Jensen shows how bottom can be removed from see-through plastic sink trap to remove valuables ? such as this ring ? that go down the drain. Kale(...)
Sonja Jensen shows how bottom can be removed from see-through plastic sink trap to remove valuables ? such as this ring ? that go down the drain. Kale(...)
9/14/1978
Breakthrough, 3M Canada Inc. thinks it's new Panaflex material for outdoor plastic signs is a breakthrough, but karate expert Tominaga found the mater(...)
Breakthrough, 3M Canada Inc. thinks it's new Panaflex material for outdoor plastic signs is a breakthrough, but karate expert Tominaga found the mater(...)
6/16/1981
Rendering of new packaging plant built by Cryovac, a division of W.R. Grace and Co. of Canada Ltd. Brantford, Ontario
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Teamwork: Dr. David Jewer, left, a plastic surgeon from Toronto General Hospital, joined TGH plastic surgeon Dr. Brain Boyd, centre, and Sick Children(...)
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4/21/1987
Two severed fingers replaced on his hand, laborer Giuseppe Gallace, 53, is checked by the plastic surgeon, Dr. Ralph Manktelow, yesterday. Gallace had(...)
Two severed fingers replaced on his hand, laborer Giuseppe Gallace, 53, is checked by the plastic surgeon, Dr. Ralph Manktelow, yesterday. Gallace had(...)
5/15/1974
James Guillet holds container of concentrate crystals of discovery that allows plastic to disintegrate in sun over short period of time when mixed with raw material prior to manufacture
James Guillet holds container of concentrate crystals of discovery that allows plastic to disintegrate in sun over short period of time when mixed with raw material prior to manufacture
11/18/1976
Medical products: Alun Davies (above), president of Connaught Laboratories, says the Metro firm is the world's third biggest producer of biological products. It makes a broad range of vaccines.
Medical products: Alun Davies (above), president of Connaught Laboratories, says the Metro firm is the world's third biggest producer of biological products. It makes a broad range of vaccines.
7/25/1980
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
4/15/1982