About this Vintage Print Ad
This advertisement highlights the innovative efforts of Ames, Iowa, in converting garbage into fuel for their electric power plant. The ad emphasizes the environmental and economic benefits of burning waste to generate energy, such as reduced landfill needs, recovery of recyclable materials, and decreased air pollution. It encourages other communities to adopt similar waste-to-energy initiatives and provides contact information for more details.
- Brand: Tinplate Producers, American Iron and Steel Institute
- Product: Community Garbage-to-Energy Program
- Tagline: A small town with a pretty big idea.
- Publication: Sports Illustrated
- Year: 1976
Objects in the advertisement: road sign, road, grass, car, utility pole, building, tree
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