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Timeline of waste management

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| 1987 || General || Organization (for-profit) || Eltex Recycling is founded in Romania. It operates intergrated waste management, among other specialties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eltex Recycling |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/eltex-recycling/about/ |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Romania}}
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| 1987–1988 || {{w|Biomedical waste}} || Waste disposal incident || The {{w|Syringe Tide}} {{w|environmental disaster}} ossurs in {{w|Connecticut}}, {{w|New Jersey}} and [[w:New York (state)|New York]] where significant amounts of {{w|medical waste}}, including [[w:syringe|hypodermic syringes]], and raw garbage washes up onto beaches on the {{w|Jersey Shore}}, in {{w|New York City}}, and on {{w|Long Island}}. This forces the closing of beaches on the [[w:Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast.<ref name="Gross">{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Jane|title=Beach Debris Still a Mystery; 77 Syringes Wash Up on S.I.|work=The New York Times|page=1|date=12 July 1988|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/12/nyregion/beach-debris-still-a-mystery-77-syringes-wash-up-on-si.html}}</ref> || United States
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| 1988 || {{w|Solid waste}} || Organization (for-profit) || {{w|Allied Waste Industries}} is founded. Its major business is waste collection and recycling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where Is Allied Waste Industries Inc Corporate Office Headquarters |url=https://corporateofficeheadquarters.org/allied-waste-industries-inc/ |website=corporateofficeheadquarters.org |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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