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| 1972 (February 15) || {{w|Marine debris}} || Policy || The [[w:Oslo Dumping Convention|Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft]] is signed in {{w|Oslo}} as an {{w|international agreement}} designed to control the [[w:marine debris|dumping of harmful substances from ships and aircraft into the sea]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oslo Dumping Convention |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20932/volume-932-I-13269-English.pdf |website=treaties.un.org |accessdate=23 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Norway}}
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| 1972 (February 26) || Coal waste || Waste disposal incident || The {{w|Buffalo Creek Flood}} disaster occurs when a {{w|coal slurry impoundment}} {{w|dam}}, located on a hillside in [[w:Logan County, West Virginia|Logan County]], {{w|West Virginia}}, bursts and results in a flood unleashing approximately 500,000 cubic meters of black waste water upon the residents of sixteen [[w:coal town]]s along [[w:Buffalo Creek (Guyandotte River)|Buffalo Creek]] Hollow. Out of a population of 5,000 people, 125 are killed, 1,121 are injured, and over 4,000 are left homeless. Five hundred and seven houses were destroyed, in addition to forty-four mobile homes and 30 businesses.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Buffalo Creek Flood and Disaster: Official Report from the Governor's Ad Hoc Commission of Inquiry 1973 |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/disasters/buffcreekgovreport.html |website=wvculture.org |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=West Virginia's Buffalo Creek Flood: A Study of the Hydrology and Engineering Geology |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1972/0667/report.pdf |website=pubs.usgs.gov |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Events Leading To The Buffalo Creek Disaster |url=https://www.buffalocreekflood.org/eventsleading.htm |website=buffalocreekflood.org |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1973 || General || Research (discipline) || {{w|Garbology}}, the study of modern refuse and [[w:Waste|trash]] as well as the use of trash cans, compactors and various types of trash can liners, is started as an academic discipline at the {{w|University of Arizona}}, originating from an idea of two students for a class project.<ref>{{cite web|title=We Are What We Throw Away|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/05/books/we-are-what-we-throw-away.html|website=nytimes.com|accessdate=13 August 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
