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Garbage giants: North York Council may have put plans for once-a-week garbage collection on hold, but John Murphy fears its just a delaying tactic before council expands use of these huge containers for automated pickup at single family homes
Garbage giants: North York Council may have put plans for once-a-week garbage collection on hold, but John Murphy fears its just a delaying tactic before council expands use of these huge containers for automated pickup at single family homes

Garbage giants: North York Council may have put plans for once-a-week garbage collection on hold, but John Murphy fears its just a delaying tactic before council expands use of these huge containers for automated pickup at single family homes

Date9/25/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131336F
Rucky receptacle: That's what Roger and Kathi Elliot of Unionville have nicknamed the garbage containers they're franchising as environment savers and advertising vehicles.
Rucky receptacle: That's what Roger and Kathi Elliot of Unionville have nicknamed the garbage containers they're franchising as environment savers and advertising vehicles.
9/25/1989
Now that's storage! Ralph Devine says he originally started out renting his huge shipping containers to the growing number of families stuck for storage space because they have to move out of their old homes before the new ones are ready.
Now that's storage! Ralph Devine says he originally started out renting his huge shipping containers to the growing number of families stuck for storage space because they have to move out of their old homes before the new ones are ready.
11/18/1986
Parkdale Pickup: Garage owner Jose Almeida, left, sticks close to a Toronto garbage collector yesterday as trash in removed
Parkdale Pickup: Garage owner Jose Almeida, left, sticks close to a Toronto garbage collector yesterday as trash in removed
5/27/1993
One empty bottle not remains in the cellar with once held 1,800 bottles of rare wines porcelain containers
One empty bottle not remains in the cellar with once held 1,800 bottles of rare wines porcelain containers
4/30/1938
Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St
Where garbage caught fire-Gary Bignell, 10, peers into garbage container where 8-year-old Larry Nash of Keele St
8/20/1972
Showing off, British-made Lansing Hermes 25 will lift 55,000-pound containers into ships' holds but yesterday Derek Mathews of Lansing Bagnall of Cana(...)
Showing off, British-made Lansing Hermes 25 will lift 55,000-pound containers into ships' holds but yesterday Derek Mathews of Lansing Bagnall of Cana(...)
10/16/1978
Weaving a network of power. Workmen appear to be weaving a network of steel reinforcing rods as Ontario Hydro expands its nuclear power-generating pla(...)
Weaving a network of power. Workmen appear to be weaving a network of steel reinforcing rods as Ontario Hydro expands its nuclear power-generating pla(...)
6/30/1976
New concepts in living call for new and better surroundings in which to live, and as the city expands, imagination and boldness must be encouraged to (...)
New concepts in living call for new and better surroundings in which to live, and as the city expands, imagination and boldness must be encouraged to (...)
11/9/1970
Police force expands
Police force expands
9/30/1976
Retailer expands: Canadian Tire chairman Hugh Macaulay, left, told the annual meeting the company is moving into new fields that provide greater convenience for shoppers
Retailer expands: Canadian Tire chairman Hugh Macaulay, left, told the annual meeting the company is moving into new fields that provide greater convenience for shoppers
5/4/1989
Play it again guys: Jerry Szczur, left, and Tom Litvinskas, partners in the Festival empire of repertory movie houses say the fun part of their business now is looking for places to expands
Play it again guys: Jerry Szczur, left, and Tom Litvinskas, partners in the Festival empire of repertory movie houses say the fun part of their business now is looking for places to expands
8/21/1984
A bulldozer flattens a huge mound of garbage at the Chinguacousy Township municipal garbage dump north of Bramalea
A bulldozer flattens a huge mound of garbage at the Chinguacousy Township municipal garbage dump north of Bramalea
4/5/1973