2010.54.539

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Help Keep It Out of the Bay! Recycle
c. 1974
23 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(58.42 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.539

Bottom left corner has a red stamp "La Raza Silkscreen Center, Inc./ 3174-16th St. S.F. CA."





Poster has a background that is an outline of the San Francisco Bay Area. Along the left is turqouise and blue water that outlines the San Francisco penisula and the East Bay. In the upper right is a black outlined map of the freeways showing where the recycling centers are. The top has "Help Keep It Out of the Bay! Recycle" printed in black and blue.The bottom has "Glass: Separated by color - No metal neckrings or caps/ Cans: Aluminum - crushed; tin - No labels - flattened; bi-metal -smashed/ Paper: News- tied in 10 inch bundles; cardboard - unwaxed - flattened/ Bottles: California wine bottles - fifths (all shapes) - 1/2 gallons - gallons/ (these are sterilized by Encore! And reused by local wineries)/ Community Conservation Center/ 1984 California S. Berkeley, CA. 94703 Recycling Info. 548-3222." With only three collection facilities, this poster displays the earliest campaigns to encourage recycling by the public. It is also noteworthy that the Ecology Center chose to use a community-based San Francisco design and printing group. [LMC]
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