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Timeline of waste management

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| 2018 || General || Program launch || The {{w|World Economic Forum}}, {{w|World Resources Institute}}, {{w|Philips}}, {{w|Ellen MacArthur Foundation}}, {{w|United Nations Environment Programme}}, and over 40 other partners launch the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE). The {{w|circular economy}} is an economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdg.iisd.org:443/news/wef-launches-public-private-platform-on-circular-economy/|title=WEF Launches Public-Private Platform on Circular Economy {{!}} News {{!}} SDG Knowledge Hub {{!}} IISD|last=Hub|first=IISD's SDG Knowledge|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2019 || {{w|Plastic waste}} || Research || A research group led by scientists of {{w|Washington State University}} finds a way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2019-06-group-plastic-products-jet-fuel.html|title=Research group finds way to turn plastic waste products into jet fuel|website=phys.org}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2019 || {{w|Plastic waste}} || Policy || {{w|California}} introduces legislation proposing a phase out of single-use plastic products by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recycling is going to waste! |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/recycling-is-going-to-waste/ |website=atlanticcouncil.org |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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