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| 19th century || The {{w|Second Industrial Revolution}} starts in this century. The first human–made {{w|plastic}} is invented
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| 20th century || The {{w|Third Industrial Revolution}} (also called Digital Revolution) brings a shift from [[w:machine|mechanical]] and [[w:Analogue electronics|analogue electronic]] {{w|technology}} to {{w|digital electronics}} which begin anywhere from the late 1950s , bringing birth to the late 1970s with the adoption and proliferation history of digital computers and digital recordelectronic waste disposal.<ref>{{Cite cite web|title=The Digital Revolution|last=E. Schoenherr|first=Steven|date=5 May 2004A Brief History on the Electronic Waste Disposal Industry |url=https://web.archiveecycleatlanta.org/web/20081007132355/http:com/blog/brief-history.sandiego.edu-electronic-waste-disposal-industry/gen/recording/digital|website=ecycleatlanta.htmlcom |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref>
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=== Summary by decade ===
