Few history snippets

history of city of memphis -http://www.cityofmemphis.org/framework.aspx?page=669
>> the MSW fees is significant
>> they also started around 50 yrs back

History of Solid Waste Disposal

* Lack of Solid Waste management led to the epidemic of plague that killed 50 percent of 14th century Europians.

* By 19th century, public health measures were started tı be taken collection and disposal of food wastes to control vectors of disease.

- In 500 BC, the Athens organized the first municipal landfill in the western world and required waste disposal tı be at least one mile from city walls.

- The first incinerator in the US is built on Governor's Island, New York (1885)

- In 1888, English Parliament puts a ban on waste disposal in public waterways and ditches. Waste disposal methods involve simply throwing garbage out of windows and doors.



states of minnesota
http://www.co.rice.mn.us/uploadedcontent/forms/swhistory2005.pdf

waste history from 6000BC
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/environmental/wastehistory.html

history of solid waste in pensylvania
http://environmentalsoils.cas.psu.edu/PRO/A%20History%20of%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20in%20Pa.ppt


Indiana state
http://www.solidwastedistrict.com/