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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>{{cite web |title=Chutes to suck waste from estate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7772752.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=27 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 The history of {{w|municipal electronic waste}} collectiondisposal begins around this time.
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| 1990s || Garbage trucks technology changes dramatically.<ref name="History of the Garbage Man"/> Societies start wasting food more than ever in the developed world.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/>
