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Timeline of recycling

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| 1813 || {{w|Textile recycling}} || Technology || Benjamin Law develops the process of turning rags into "shoddy" and "mungo" wool, through a process of combining fibres with virgin wool.<ref name="Know all about: reduce, reuse, recycle"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1865 || || Organization || The Salvation Army is founded in {{w|London}}, and begins collecting, sorting and recycling unwanted goods. The Household Salvage Brigades employ the unskilled poor to recover discarded materials. In the 1990s, the organization and its program would migrate to the United States.<ref name="Exciting Plans Revealed for Salvation Army Shop at Boundless 2015">{{cite web|title=Exciting Plans Revealed for Salvation Army Shop at Boundless 2015|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/news/inf150415|website=salvationarmy.org|accessdate=17 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="A Brief Timeline of the History of Recycling"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1874 || Paper/cardboard || || The first municipal paper recycling in the United States starts in {{w|Baltimore}}, {{w|Maryland}}. A second one opens in New York City in the same year.<ref name="Introduction to Paper Recycling">{{cite web |title=Introduction to Paper Recycling |url=https://www.thebalancesmb.com/an-introduction-to-paper-recycling-4036123 |website=thebalancesmb.com |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 1884 || {{w| Glass recycling}} || || An official recycling system for bottles with refundable deposits is established in Sweden.<ref name="Scrap Recycling – recognized as one of the world’s first green industries…"/> || {{w|Sweden}}
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| 1896 || || Facility launch || An early major recycling center is started by the Benedetto family in {{w|New York City}}, where they collect rags, newspaper, and trash with a pushcart.<ref>{{cite book |title=Politics and Public Policy |edition=Barbara Wejnert |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=5KFOn4Z0ZGYC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=%22The+first+major+recycling+center+was+started+by+the+Benedetto+family+in+New+York+City,+where+they+collected+rags,+newspaper,+and+trash+with+a+pushcart%22&source=bl&ots=LeToeCxiNB&sig=ACfU3U3NBiKOwGMaVD7Excr7vhBraIZLWQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBo_WZ59HnAhUIG7kGHX3FA_YQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22The%20first%20major%20recycling%20center%20was%20started%20by%20the%20Benedetto%20family%20in%20New%20York%20City%2C%20where%20they%20collected%20rags%2C%20newspaper%2C%20and%20trash%20with%20a%20pushcart%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1897 || || Facility launch || A materials recovery facility is buit in {{w|New York City}}, where trash is sorted at “picking yards” and separated into various grades of paper, metals, and carpet. Burlap bags, twine, rubber and even horse hair are also sorted for recycling and reuse.<ref name="A Brief Timeline of the History of Recycling"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1904 || {{w|Aluminium recycling}} || Facility launch || The first large–scale aluminum recyclers are operated in the metalworks of {{w|Chicago}}.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage|edition=Carl A. Zimring, William L. Rathje|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=VifrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT87&lpg=PT87&dq=%221904%22+%22aluminum%22+%22recycling%22+%22Chicago%22&source=bl&ots=9KDjfjw1M3&sig=SvCwJGqg2ZJEmfXW9IRW5sfNeYE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-7Nicht3VAhWFI5AKHYKUDbUQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=%221904%22%20%22aluminum%22%20%22recycling%22%20%22Chicago%22&f=false|accessdate=17 August 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1907 || {{w|Plastic recycling}} | | Background || The first synthetic plastic {{w|Bakelite}}, is produced. This marks the beginning of the global plastics industry.<ref name="Plastic Pollution">{{cite web |title=Plastic Pollution |url=https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution |website=ourworldindata.org |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref>
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| 1916–1918 || || Organization || Due to massive shortages of raw materials during {{w|World War I}}, the United States Federal government creates the {{w|Waste Reclamation Service}} with the motto “Don’t Waste Waste – Save It.”.<ref name="A Brief Timeline of the History of Recycling"/> || {{w|United States}}
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