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Timeline of waste management

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| 1950s || Dempster develops as a refuse handling system.<ref name="The Early Dumpmaster"/> Rapid growth in global plastic production begins.<ref name="Plastic Pollution"/>
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| 1960s || The first garbage bags meant for usage at homes appear during the decade.<ref name="Humans invent simplest but highly important things by mistake"/> Also, the first {{w|automated vacuum collection}} system is created in {{w|Sweden}}.<ref name="BBC">{{citation cite web |title=Chutes to suck waste from estate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7772752.stm |titlewebsite=Chutes to suck waste from estate |date=9 December 2008 |publisher=BBC News news.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=13 August 201727 May 2020}}</ref>
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| 1970s || Smaller {{w|dumpster}}s are introduced, often known as wheelie bins which are also emptied mechanically. In the mid-1970s Petersen Industries introduce the first grapple truck for {{w|municipal waste}} collection.
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