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Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight
Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight

Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight

Date12/28/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sun shy: Ecoplastics workers test plastic cups that disintegrate in sunlight.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010859F
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