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Current Trends in Solid Waste Management
Current Trends in Solid Waste Management
A BRIEF TIMELINE
2000 BC: COMPOSTING ALREADY PART OF LIFE IN CHINA
1500 BC: IN KNOSSOS, MINOANS CREATED LANDFILL SITES
500 BC: ATHENIANS INSTITUTIONALIZED PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL
1ST CENTURY AD: SHEOL WAS A BURNED DUMP SITE OUTSIDE JERUSALEM
200 AD: ROMANS DEVELOPED FIRST SANITATION FORCE
250 AD: MAYAN INDIANS OF CENTRAL AMERICA ALSO USED BURNED DUMPS
1297: BRITAIN PASSED A LAW PROHIBITING GARBAGE DISPOSAL ON THE STREETS
1340: BLACK PLAGUE KILLS (75 MILLION PEOPLE) 30-60% OF EUROPES POPULATION
1354: KING EDWARD III ORDERS REGULAR RAKING OF EXCRETA FROM GUTTERS
1388: ENGLISH PARLIAMENT BANS DUMPING OF WASTES IN WATERWAYS
1407: BRITISH GOV'T RULED TO KEEP HOUSEHOLD WASTES INDOORS UNTIL COLLECTED
1588: ELIZABETH I GRANTED PRIVELEDGES FOR COLLECTION OF RAGS FOR PAPERMAKING
A BRIEF TIMELINE
1800: CHARLES GOODYEAR DISCOVERED VULCANIZATION
1839: POLYSTYRENE (PS) WAS DISCOVERED BY EDUARD SIMON
1856: ALEXANDER PARKES CREATED FIRST MAN-MADE PLASTIC PARKESINE
1872: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC) WAS CREATED BY EUGENE BAUMANN
1907: BAKELITE WAS INVENTED BY LEO HENDRIK BAEKLAND
1908: CELLOPHANE WAS CREATED BY JACQUES BRANDENBERGER
1941: POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) WAS CREATED BY WHINFIELD AND DICKSON
1955: THE THROWAWAY CONCEPT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CONSUMERS
1959: FIRST WARNING LABELS WERE PRINTED UNTO PLASTIC BAGS
1961: INDUSTRY SHIFTS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSUMERS KNOWN AS LITTER BUGS
1977: PAPER OR PLASTIC WARS BEGIN
1982: PLASTIC BAG MARKET GROWS FROM 4% TO 50%
A BRIEF TIMELINE
1988: PLASTIC BAG BAN PROPOSED IN NEW YORK
1990: PLASTIC INDUSTRIES WORKED TOGETHER AND OVERTURNED PLASTIC BAG LAW
1996: 80% OF GROCERY BAGS USED ARE MADE OF PLASTIC
1997: GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH DISCOVERED BY ALGALITA MARINE RESEARCH
1998: GEORGE A. MAKRAUER WARNS INDUSTRIES OF PLASTICS BAGS ADVERSE EFFECTS
2005: CHICOBAG, A REUSABLE BAG WAS INTRODUCED BY ANDY KELLER IN CALIFORNIA
2007: SAN FRANCISCO BANS PLASTIC BAGS. OAKLAND AND FAIRFAX (CALIF.) FOLLOWED
2009: 5 GYRES INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED; SUBTROPICAL GYRES WERE CIRCUMNAVIGATED
2009: RETAIL GIANT WALMART STARTS TO BAN THE BAG FOLLOWING COSTCO & TARGET
2010: REUSABLE BAG VS. SINGLE-USE BAG. MORE CITIES BAN PLASTIC BAGS.
2011: USLS MEE STUDENTS ORGANIZED THE ECOLOGY FORUM: THE PLASTIC BAG REGULATION ORDINANCE =)
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