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** You will also see different policies released by several countries across the world.
* What are some significant events related to the introduction of waste collection and management?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Systemintroduction".
** You will see the introduction of systems like {{w|kerbside collection}}, and other mostly municipal initiatives.
* What are some milestone techonolgies and notable device introductions and improvements in the waste management industry?
| 3000 BC || {{w|Solid waste}} || || A {{w|landfill}} is developed in {{w|Knossos}}, {{w|Crete}}, with large holes dug for refuse. Garbage is dumped and filled with dirt at various levels.<ref name="History of the Garbage Man">{{cite web|title=History of the Garbage Man|url=http://www.garbagemanday.org/history-of-the-garbage-man/|website=garbagemanday.org|accessdate=14 August 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Greece}}
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| 2100 BC || || System introduction || The elite section in the city of {{w|Heraclopolis}} maintains a waste collection and disposal system.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/> || {{w|Egypt}}
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| 500 BC || {{w|Solid waste}} || Policy || A municipal dump is organized in {{w|Athens}}. Regulations require waste to be dumped at least a mile from the city limits.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice">{{cite book|last1=Chandrappa|first1=Ramesha|last2=Bhusan Das|first2=Diganta|title=Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=8c4h3qshpJYC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22500+BC+%22+%22+municipal+dump%22+%22greece%22&source=bl&ots=r8nfQY1DuD&sig=_01OsTMVBtNdE5_eP9SykeXKtb0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFoObqydDVAhVGg5AKHQf5Bi0Q6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=%22500%20BC%20%22%20%22%20municipal%20dump%22%20%22greece%22&f=false|accessdate=12 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="paprec.comvv">{{cite web |title=THE HISTORY OF RECYCLING AROUND THE WORLD |url=https://www.paprec.com/en/understanding-recycling/recycling/history-recycling-around-world |website=paprec.com |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Greece}}
| 1714 || {{w|Carrion}}, {{w|biological waste}} || Policy || Every city in {{w|England}} is required to have an official scavenger.<ref name="Solid-waste management">{{cite web|title=Solid-waste management|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/solid-waste-management|website=britannica.com|accessdate=14 August 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1751 || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || System introduction || English official {{w|Corbyn Morris}} in {{w|London}} proposes a uniform public management for cleaning the city in order to preserve the health of the people.<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|title=Centenary History of Waste and Waste Managers in London and South East England|first=Lewis|last=Herbert|publisher=Chartered Institution of Wastes Management|year=2007|url=http://ciwm.activedition.com/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=1094&sID=469}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1757 || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || Service || The first municipal street–cleaning service in the United States is started in {{w|Philadelphia}} by {{w|Benjamin Franklin}}. During the same time period, American homes begin digging solid waste pits instead of throwing it out of doors and windows.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/> || {{w|United States}}
| 1874 || {{w|Solid waste}} || Facility || {{w|Waste-to-energy}}. The first incinerator is built in {{w|Nottingham}} by {{w|Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Centenary History of Waste and Waste Managers in London and South East England|first=Lewis|last=Herbert|publisher={{w|Chartered Institution of Wastes Management}}|year=2007|url=http://ciwm.activedition.com/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=1094&sID=469|format=PDF}}</ref> This would mark a significant development in solid-waste treatment and disposal practices in the country.<ref name="Solid-waste management"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1875 || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || System introduction || The first household rubbish bins are introduced in Britain to create a regulated system of collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=TRASH WORTHY OFFICIAL |url=https://sites.google.com/site/trashworthyofficial/ |website=sites.google.com |accessdate=23 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1884 || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || System introduction || {{w|Eugène Poubelle}} introduces the first integrated {{w|kerbside collection}} and recycling system, requiring residents to separate their waste into perishable items, paper and cloth, and crockery and shells. Poubelle also establishes rules for how private collectors and city workers should cooperate and develops standard dimensions for refuse containers. His name in {{w|France}} is now synonymous with the garbage can.<ref>Frederique Krupa, [http://www.translucency.com/frede/parisproject/garbage1789_1900.html Parisian Garbage from 1789-1900], ''Paris: Urban Sanitation Before the 20th Century: A History of Invisible Infrastructure''</ref><ref name="paprec.comvv"/> || {{w|France}}
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| 1885 || {{w|Solid waste}} || Facility || The first waste incinerator in the United States is built in {{w|Governors Island}}, New York.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Energy Recovery - Basic Information|publisher=US EPA|url=http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/wte/basic.htm}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1895 || {{w|Municipal solid waste}} || System introduction || {{w|New York City}} becomes the first U.S. city with public-sector garbage management.<ref name="NWRA">{{cite web|last=National Waste & Recycling Association |url=http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/publications-solid-waste-industry-research/information/history-of-solid-waste-management/early-america-industrial-revolution.php |title=History of Solid Waste Management |location= Washington, D.C. |accessdate=11 August 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1896 || {{w|Solid waste}} || Organization || {{w|Cory Environmental}} is founded in {{w|England}}. It provides services in the collection, recycling and disposal of waste.<ref>{{cite web |title=The history of Cory |url=https://www.coryenergy.com/about-us/our-history/ |website=coryenergy.com |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Plunkett's Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen Energy Industry Almanac 2008 |edition=Jack W. Plunkett |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=yNXShPFh2I4C&pg=PT214&dq=1896+Cory+Environmental&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjep435ysznAhVpG7kGHbV-Ca8Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=1896%20Cory%20Environmental&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
