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- Recycling Bin, 1991 -
- 1991
- Collections - Artifact
Recycling Bin, 1991
- Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1988-1989 - University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. City officials expanded the program in the 1980s, making it a dual-stream system with two 18-gallon containers: one (yellow) for paper and another (blue) for household items such as glass, metal, and plastics.
- 1988-1989
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Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1988-1989
University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. City officials expanded the program in the 1980s, making it a dual-stream system with two 18-gallon containers: one (yellow) for paper and another (blue) for household items such as glass, metal, and plastics.
- Poster by Eli Leon for Ecology Action, "Recycle," 1971 - Recycling emerged as a natural outgrowth of Earth Day activities, but mobilizing recycling programs required proactive measures. Environmentalists used various print media to encourage action. In this poster, Eli Leon alerted Berkeley, California, residents to the profound positive effect recycling used bottles and cans at pre-determined locations could have on the environment.
- 1971
- Collections - Artifact
Poster by Eli Leon for Ecology Action, "Recycle," 1971
Recycling emerged as a natural outgrowth of Earth Day activities, but mobilizing recycling programs required proactive measures. Environmentalists used various print media to encourage action. In this poster, Eli Leon alerted Berkeley, California, residents to the profound positive effect recycling used bottles and cans at pre-determined locations could have on the environment.
- Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1973 - University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. Monsanto designed this plastic container to hold two weeks' worth of newspapers--the focus of the program. Eight years into the program, in 1981, city officials estimated that the newspaper recycled kept 85,000 trees from the paper mill.
- 1973
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Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1973
University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. Monsanto designed this plastic container to hold two weeks' worth of newspapers--the focus of the program. Eight years into the program, in 1981, city officials estimated that the newspaper recycled kept 85,000 trees from the paper mill.
- Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1988-1989 - University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. City officials expanded the program in the 1980s, making it a dual-stream system with two 18-gallon containers: one (yellow) for paper and another (blue) for household items such as glass, metal, and plastics.
- 1988-1989
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Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1988-1989
University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, became one of the first cites in the nation to adopt a curbside recycling program in March 1973. City officials expanded the program in the 1980s, making it a dual-stream system with two 18-gallon containers: one (yellow) for paper and another (blue) for household items such as glass, metal, and plastics.
- "Making a Green Machine: The Infrastructure of Beverage Container Recycling," 2011 -
- 2011
- Collections - Artifact
"Making a Green Machine: The Infrastructure of Beverage Container Recycling," 2011
- "Latest Improved Shoddy Picker and Condenser," 1870-1890 -
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
"Latest Improved Shoddy Picker and Condenser," 1870-1890
- "J.T. Slack Shoddy Mills, Springfield, Vt.," circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
"J.T. Slack Shoddy Mills, Springfield, Vt.," circa 1910
- Easter Greeting Card, "Happy Easter," 1989-1990 - More than one-third of post-consumer waste, by weight, is paper. Though it still requires chemical processing and uses energy, breaking that used paper down to create new paper products results in less water and air pollution than making new paper from wood pulp. Products like this greeting card, printed on 100% recycled paper, appeal to environmentally-conscious consumers.
- 1989-1990
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Easter Greeting Card, "Happy Easter," 1989-1990
More than one-third of post-consumer waste, by weight, is paper. Though it still requires chemical processing and uses energy, breaking that used paper down to create new paper products results in less water and air pollution than making new paper from wood pulp. Products like this greeting card, printed on 100% recycled paper, appeal to environmentally-conscious consumers.
- Envisioning Recycling: University City, Missouri - Learn more about University City, Missouri, one of the first cities in America to start a curbside recycling program (1973).
- November 15, 2021
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Envisioning Recycling: University City, Missouri
Learn more about University City, Missouri, one of the first cities in America to start a curbside recycling program (1973).