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| 1988 || {{w|Solid waste}} || [[w:waste picker|Waste picking]] (statistics) || The {{w|World Bank}} estimates that 1–2% of the global population subsists by [[w:waste picker|waste picking]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bartone|first=C.|title=The Value in Wastes|journal=Decade Watch|date=January 1988}}</ref> || Worldwide
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| 1988 || {{w|Sewage sludge}} || Policy || United States Presindent President {{w|Ronald Regan}} signs the law that prohibits ocean dumping as a means of disposal of sewage sludge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epa-history-ocean-dumping-ban-act-1988.html/|title=EPA History: Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988|last=US EPA|first=OA|website=epa-history-ocean-dumping-ban-act-1988.html|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1988 || {{w|Biomedical waste}} || Policy || The United States federal government passes The {{w|Medical Waste Tracking Act}} which allows the [[w:United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] to establish rules for management of medical waste in some parts of the country. || {{w|United States}}
