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| 1940s || Disposal of packaging material increases by 67% after World War II as consumerism and obsolescence become entrenched in emerging developed countries.<ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/>
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| 1950s || Dempster develops as a refuse handling system.<ref name="The Early Dumpmaster"/> Rapid growth in global plastic production begins.<ref name="Plastic Pollution"/>
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| 1960s || The first garbage bags meant for usage at homes appear during the decade.<ref name="Humans invent simplest but highly important things by mistake"/> Also, the first {{w|automated vacuum collection}} system is created in {{w|Sweden}}.<ref name="BBC">{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7772752.stm |title=Chutes to suck waste from estate |date=9 December 2008 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=13 August 2017}}</ref>
| 1898 || || Organization || {{w|Chartered Institution of Wastes Management}}<ref>{{cite web |title=CIWM History |url=https://www.ciwm.co.uk/ciwm/about-us/ciwm-history/ciwm/about/ciwm-history.aspx?hkey=b626e07d-e626-4886-ac7f-669dfaeb1551 |website=ciwm.co.uk |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1907 || || || The {{w|plastic}} is invented.<ref name="forbes.coms">{{cite web |title=These Five Companies Are Leading The Charge On Recycling |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/justcapital/2018/04/20/these-5-companies-are-leading-the-charge-on-recycling/#2fac89f623ec |website=forbes.com |accessdate=9 February 2020}}</ref> "The first synthetic plastic — Bakelite — was produced in 1907, marking the beginning of the global plastics industry."<ref name="Plastic Pollution">{{cite web |title=Plastic Pollution |url=https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution |website=ourworldindata.org |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 1912 || || || {{w|Biffa}} || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2010 || || Program launch || {{w|Miniwaste}}<ref>{{cite web |title=MINIWASTE |url=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=3409&docType=pdf |website=ec.europa.eu/ |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2010 || || || "plastic waste generated in coastal regions is most at risk of entering the oceans; in 2010 coastal plastic waste – generated within 50 kilometres of the coastline – amounted to 99.5 million tonnes"<ref name="Plastic Pollution"/> ||
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| 2011 || || Technology || A RESEM {{w|pyrolysis}} plant becomes operational in {{w|Texas}}, processing up to 60 tons per day. || {{w|United States}}
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| 2015 || || Policy || The first state-wide ban on plastic bags in grocery and convenience stores is enacted in {{w|California}}.<ref name="A Brief Timeline of the History of Recycling"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2015 || || || "In 2015, an estimated 55 percent of global plastic waste was discarded, 25 percent was incinerated, and 20 percent recycled."<ref name="Plastic Pollution"/> ||
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| 2015 || || Organization || {{w|Tyrelessly}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ploughing on tyrelessly |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/Ploughing-on-tyrelessly/article14024617.ece |website=thehindu.com |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|India}}
