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Timeline of waste management

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| 19th century || The {{w|Second Industrial Revolution}} starts in this century. [[w:Petroleum refinery|Petroleum refining]] begins, with emergence of its derivatives, including {{w|plastic}}. The first integrated {{w|kerbside collection}} and recycling system is introduced in 1884 in {{w|France}}. Industrialization along sustained urban growth in Western Europe causes a rapid deterioration in levels of sanitation and the general quality of urban life.<ref>Florence Nightingale, ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nightingale-rural.asp Selected Writings of Florence Nightingale]'', ed. Lucy Ridgely Seymer (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1954), pp. 38287</ref> Late in the century, a technological approach to solid-waste management begins to develop.<ref name="Solid-waste management"/>
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| 20th century || Municipal systems of waste disposal spring up at the turn of the century in large cities of Europe and North America. Technological advances continue during the first half of the century. Garbage grinders, compaction trucks, and pneumatic collection systems develop.<ref name="Solid-waste management"/> The {{w|Third Industrial Revolution}} brings a shift from [[w:machine|mechanical]] and [[w:Analogue electronics|analogue electronic]] {{w|technology}} to {{w|digital electronics}}. This marks , marking thus the beginning of the history of {{w|electronic waste}} disposal.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History on the Electronic Waste Disposal Industry |url=https://ecycleatlanta.com/blog/brief-history-electronic-waste-disposal-industry/ |website=ecycleatlanta.com |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref> Throughout this century, waste generation increases exponentially.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Borowy |first1=Iris |title=Waste between the 19th and the 21st century: the price of modernity or the sign of a misdirected development? |url=https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1801913/waste-between-19th-and-21st-century-price-modernity-or-sign |website=networks.h-net.org |accessdate=28 May 2020}}</ref>
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| 21s century || Waste management continues to be a global challenge in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=David C |last2=Velis |first2=Costas |title=Waste management - Still a global challenge in the 21st century: An evidence-based call for action |doi=10.1177/0734242X15616055 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284223811_Waste_management_-_Still_a_global_challenge_in_the_21st_century_An_evidence-based_call_for_action}}</ref> In order to reduce solid waste generation rates, nations are considering restrictions on {{w|packaging}} and controls on products. Waste increasingly becomes sorted for recycling and mandatory recycling targets are being implemented. Landfills are being redesigned. Liners, impervious caps, and liquid collection systems are being introduced, while gas and groundwater are being routinely monitored.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Skinner |first1=John H. |title=VII.2 Solid waste management policies for the 21st century |doi=10.1016/S0713-2743(04)80043-6 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251464753_VII2_Solid_waste_management_policies_for_the_21st_century}}</ref>
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