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Timeline of waste management

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| 1980 || {{w|Hazardous waste}} || Organization || {{w|Clean Harbors}} is founded. It provides hazardous waste disposal for companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Project Spotlight: Clean Harbors |url=https://www.shanahansound.com/newsletter/Clean-Harbors-Spotlight |website=shanahansound.com |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Clean Harbors to Present at Baird’s 49th Annual Industrial Conference |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191023005429/en/Clean-Harbors-Present-Baird%E2%80%99s-49th-Annual-Industrial |website=businesswire.com |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1988 || {{w|Waste collection}} || Organization || {{w|Allied Waste Industries}}is founded. Its major business is waste collection and recycling.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where Is Allied Waste Industries Inc Corporate Office Headquarters |url=https://corporateofficeheadquarters.org/allied-waste-industries-inc/ |website=corporateofficeheadquarters.org |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1989 (22 March) || || Organization || The {{w|Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal}} is adopted to stop movement of hazardous waste from one country to other country. 105 states sign the Final Act of the convention. <ref name="Solid Waste Management: Principles and Practice"/> || {{w|Switzerland}}
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