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New Amsterdam (now New York City) passed a law against casting waste in the streets
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Benjamin Franklin started the first American municipal street-cleaning operation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pigs loose in city streets throughout the country eat garbage.
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Charleston, West Virginia enacted a law protecting vultures from hunters, as the birds helped eat The city’s garbage.
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American newspapers are now printed on paper made from wood pulp fiber rather than rags
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New York City stops dumping its garbage from a platform built over the East River
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The Public Health Act began—prevent mass scavenging, clean up the U.S., and to give authority for waste collection.
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First U.S. incinerator is built on Governor’s Island in New York
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The first recycling center is established in New York City
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New York has first rubbish sorting plant for recycling.
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The federal Rivers and Harbors Act restricts dumping in all navigable rivers to keep them open for shipping