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As the city accumulates garbage throughout the ongoing city workers' strike, we'll be accumulating photos. Torontoist's Michael Chrisman is checking in on the garbage and recycling bins outside of Osler Playground on Argyle Street throughout the strike and documenting their day-to-day change, an attempt to follow the tangible effects of the strike and complement our other coverage.
Photo by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist.
Caught at 8:45 a.m. this morning, the accumulation of garbage outside of Osler Playground is, somewhat miraculously, mostly confined to where garbage is supposed to go; unlike some of the more dramatic messes in more heavily trafficked locations downtown, the garbage bin is full rather than overflowing. Of course, it can only get steadily worse: the neighborhood's scheduled garbage pick-up is tomorrow, and people like the Star's Royson James are saying that we should "expect the...strike to last well into next month and beyond." Which means that it may not be long before we need to switch to a wider-angle lens.
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Eddie Francis points the way?
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/06/23/windsor-mayor-weighs-in-on-illegal-dumping.aspx
How come stories only focus on garbage?
If David Miller and the City of Toronto wanted to seriously take on illegal dumping, all they would have to do is announce locations where citizens could dispose of garbage themselves legally and without the threat of interference, taunting and harassment by union picketers.
You should check out the Chinese consulate on St. George street. I don't know if they have private collection or what, but at least half a dozen bags were out there yesterday afternoon, reeking and spilling honest-to-god maggots.