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  2. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? - Wikipedia

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    1-800-GOT-JUNK? performs bi-annual audits of their environmental practices. [7] The company claims to keep 63.5% of collected items out of the landfill by recycling and by donating to community and charity organizations. [8] [9] Franchisees have access to a report to track their landfill diversion.

  3. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The department maintains the waste collection infrastructure and hires public and private contractors who remove the city's waste. For the city's population of more than eight million, The DSNY collects ...

  4. Garbage truck - Wikipedia

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    Thornycroft Steam Dust-Cart of 1897 with tipper body. Wagons and other means had been used for centuries to haul away solid waste. Among the first self-propelled garbage trucks were those ordered by Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon and Carriage Company in 1897 described as a steam motor tip-car, a new design of body specific for "the collection of dust and house refuse".

  5. Landfill - Wikipedia

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    A landfill [a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).

  6. Waste collection - Wikipedia

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    Waste collection is a part of the process of waste management. It is the transfer of solid waste from the point of use and disposal to the point of treatment or landfill . Waste collection also includes the curbside collection of recyclable materials that technically are not waste , as part of a municipal landfill diversion program.

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