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2. Waste container - Wikipedia

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   Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.

3. Recycling bin - Wikipedia

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   Since its invention, The recycling bin has caused many controversies, including various deaths. In 1995, a twenty-six-year-old male in California was crushed to death in a recycling bin by a recycling ram. [21] In 2011, a sixty-two year old Ohio woman was found wedged face first in a recycling bin.

4. Waste management - Wikipedia

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   Other businesses such as Waste Industries use a variety of colors to distinguish between trash and recycling cans. In addition, in some areas of the world the disposal of municipal solid waste can cause environmental strain due to official not having benchmarks that help measure the environmental sustainability of certain practices. [31]

5. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Recycling materials waiting to be barged away on the Chicago River Trash and recycle bin at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Recycling statistics (ca. 2014) [16] with similar numbers as of 2015 [17] An average of approximately 258 million tons of trash is generated by the United States in 2014 34.6% was recycled; 12.8% was combusted for ...

6. Less beer, more taxes: How recyclable changes hit Wisconsin ...

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   The recycling material changes, as well as decreased state funding, has slowly risen the cost of recycling for local governments as they also have brought Less beer, more taxes: How recyclable ...

7. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   It has been designated a National Historic Landmark, underlining the significance of waste disposal in urban society. The first federal legislation addressing solid waste management was the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (SWDA) [1] that created a national office of solid waste. By the mid-1970s, all states had some type of solid waste ...