Recycling Bin, Designed for Use in University City, Missouri, 1973
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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.
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.
Artifact
Recycling bin
Date Made
1973
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.21.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Color
Yellow
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 18.625 in
Width: 18.375 in
Length: 9 in
Inscriptions
on back of recycling bin: TreeSaver / City of University City, Mo. on bottom of recycling bin: MADE IN CANADA / IPL
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