The History of Recycling By mmathews3 1884 First Curbside recycling program began in France 1940 Landfills appear in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzo5sv4IrIw Period: 1940 to 1950 Post-War economic boom puts recycling on hold 1970 U.S. Celebrates first Earth Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl3zgcL0Tv8 1970 College student designs the Recycling Symbol https://www.fastcompany.com/1670164/how-a-student-designed-the-recycling-logo-and-got-a-measly-2500 1980 Woodbury, N.J. becomes first city to mandate recycling 1994 President Clinton requires that federal agencies buy used and recycled goods 1996 U.S. hit its goal of 25% recycling rate 2000 More than 5,000 cities use pay-as-you-throw programs 2009 82 million tons of trash is recycled or composted in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68tBxVrnXg 2020 Recycling put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic Jun 11, 2021 Show What You Know https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb3DeAGGuQ9jpQJzHII7FMKQkzJJpo3KFh_2dhYKhtHWHeSQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1005389553=France&entry.2340792=1970&entry.337653370=25%25&entry.1235138823=Gary+Anderson&entry.1454728803=Covid-19
