Name: Beaver Island businesses reduce throwaway bottles to limit litter, 1971
Start: 1971-03
End: 1971-03
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island businesses reduce throwaway bottles to limit litter, 1971

Also Beaver Island disposable-bottle reduction, 1971

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TypeEvent

Date1971-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1971-03
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentconservationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

At the suggestion of the Beaver Island Civic Association, Island stores and bars discontinued carrying throwaway bottles in 1971 to reduce broken glass and litter along roads and beaches.

Evidence and limits

The notice records a voluntary local practice and continued litter concern; it does not identify participating businesses or measure its effect.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Throw Aways.”
Reports store and bar owners discontinuing throwaway bottles at the Civic Association’s suggestion to reduce broken glass and litter, while acknowledging that mainland containers still created a problem.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published conservation notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island businesses reduce throwaway bottles to limit litter, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-disposable-bottle-reduction-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1971, “Throw Aways.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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