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started the first recorded reuse of discarded paper (Japan). -
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it was far from what was required, it was cheaper to reuse materials than to buy them new. However, in the lat 19th and early 20th cenruries, recycling declined as the industrial revolution broke out around the world. -
The needs that arose during the Second World War forced the reuse of materials such as nylon, rubber and some metals, to be used in the arms industry. -
Decades of industry growth and improper waste disposal caused much public concern by laying a real foundation for environmental protection.
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The cardboard manufacturing company "Container Corporation of America" on the occasion of Earth Day, launched a design contest at the national level, participants submitted their designs to the contest. Among them Gary Anderson winner of the contest and creator of the universal recycling symbol -
promoted by senator and environmental activist Gaylord Nelson, for the creation of an environmental agency. Social pressure had its achievements and the United States government created the Environmental Protection Agency and a series of laws aimed at protecting the environment. -
By the mid-1990s, most developed countries have either adopted or started working on comprehensive recycling laws. Communities began to incorporate selective waste collection -
The objective of this commemoration is to remember the strategy of the "3R", reduce, reuse and recycle, which seeks to reorient the behavior of all citizens with a view to improving the environment.