Waste Collector

By jmr7559

  • Slaves carry waste

    Slaves carry waste
    Benjamin Franklin uses slaves to carry the waste of Philadelphia downstream.

  • Junk dealers sell belongings left on trails

    Junk dealers sell belongings left on trails
    Junk dealers in Reno, Nevada, scavenge personal belongings from trails. Pioneers abandoned the items on the trails.

  • Manufacturing plastic

    Manufacturing plastic
    Two brothers manufacture the first commercial synthetic plastic. It replaces metal and wood in items such as combs.

  • First Five and Dime Store

    First Five and Dime Store
    Frank Woolworth opens the first five and dime store in Utica, New York. He displays the products on open counters, so the customers can feel and see the products.

  • Garbage Incinerators are Built

    Garbage Incinerators are Built
    Around 180 garbage incinerators are built in the United States.

  • Inventing Razors with Disposable Blades

    Inventing Razors with Disposable Blades
    King C. Gillette was a traveling salesman who invented razors with disposable blades.

  • New York City requires the people to separate waste..

    New York City requires the people to separate waste..
    New York City requires residents to separate food waste, ash, and dry trash. They also want the police to enforce this.

  • First rubbish sorting plant for recycling

    First rubbish sorting plant for recycling
    Colonel George Waring was New York's Street Cleaning Commissioner, and he organized the country's first waste sorting plant for recycling.

  • First Vacuum Packed Coffee

    First Vacuum Packed Coffee
    Hills Brothers Coffee is the first to put vacuum packed coffee on the market.

  • First aluminum recycling plants

    First aluminum recycling plants
    The nation's first aluminum recycling plants open in Cleveland and Chicago.

  • Creating energy through the garbage incinerator

    Creating energy through the garbage incinerator
    New York City uses a garbage incinerator to generate electricity for the Williamsburg Bridge.

  • Juvenile sanitation league

    Juvenile sanitation league
    The juvenile sanitation leagues become popular in cities around the country.

  • Popular Disposal Method

    Popular Disposal Method
    During this time, filling in wetlands with trash becomes a popular disposal method.

  • First Supermarket

    First Supermarket
    Clarence Saunders opens the first supermarket. Self service packaging increases the selection for customers. The pre packaged food lowers the cost of it.

  • Disposable sanitary pads

    Disposable sanitary pads
    Kimberly Clark makes disposable sanitary pads.

  • Creating of Compactor Garbage Trucks

    Creating of Compactor Garbage Trucks
    The developing of the compactor garbage trucks increase the vehicle amount of containment.

  • Paperback books are introduced

    Paperback books are introduced
    Paperback books are sold for 25 cents.

  • USEPA

    USEPA
    The United States Environmental Protection Agency is set up.

  • First Earth Day

    First Earth Day
    Millions of people rally on Earth Day.

  • The Federal Clean Water Act is created

    The Federal Clean Water Act is created
    This Act is enacted to restore and maintain the physical and chemical purity of the nation's waters.