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Timeline of waste management

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| 1916 || General || Technology || Cities in the United States begin switching from horse–drawn to motorized {{w|waste collection}} equipment.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1927 || {{w|Solid waste}} || Technology || The {{w|garbage disposal unit was }} is invented by John W. Hammes, an {{w|architect}} in {{w|Wisconsin}}.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082200724.html | title=Grist for the Daily Grind | newspaper={{w|The Washington Post}} | author=Denise DiFulco | date=August 23, 2007 | accessdate=28 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1920s || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || Technology || A dumping lever mechanism is introduced for {{w|garbage removal truck}}s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardrawgathering.co.uk/covered-bodies/|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150106135610/http://www.hardrawgathering.co.uk/covered-bodies/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2015-01-06|title=Covered Bodies}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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