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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 || || || British {{w|waste management}} {{w|Biffa}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biffa |url=https://www.biffa.co.uk/careers/about-us |website=biffa.co.uk |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BiffaWaste |url=https://www.cv-library.co.uk/list-jobs/257955/Biffa-Waste |website=cv-library.co.uk |accessdate=13 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biffa |url=https://customers.microsoft.com/en-SG/story/biffa-moves-300-servers-to-azure |website=customers.microsoft.com |accessdate=13 February 2020}} </ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1916 || || 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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| 1950 || || Technology || Canadian inventor {{w|Harry Wasylyk}} from {{w|Winnipeg}} invents the first {{w|garbage bag}}.<ref name="Humans invent simplest but highly important things by mistake">{{cite web|title=Humans invent simplest but highly important things by mistake|url=http://www.pravdareport.com/history/24-01-2006/9552-inventions-1/|website=pravdareport.com|accessdate=14 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/> || {{w|Canada}}
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| 1952 || || Technology || American body builder Vincen Bowles, develops and sells a fixed-bucket front loader. The device would be subsequently modified to service detachable containers.<ref name="The Early Dumpmaster"/> || {{w|United States}}
