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What makes up the Ideal Waste Management Hierarchy

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  1. Source Reduction
  2. Waste Minimization
  3. Reuse
  4. Recycle
  5. Treatment and Energy Recovery (use energy from methane in landfills)
  6. Disposal
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What are the 4 basic ways of dealing with waste over human history?

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  1. Burning
  2. Dump
  3. Recycle
  4. Waste Minimzation
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Waste in 1000 BC

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Waste became a problem when we began to establish permanent settlements (no longer nomadic)

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400BC-athens

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1st municipal dump (1 mile from the city)

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200 BC

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First garbage collection

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Jerusalem, Palestine, the Valley of Gehenna (Sheoal), New Testament
‘Though I descend into Sheoal, thou art there’

What is Sheoal?

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  • Sheoal was reference to hell
  • actually a dump outside of the city
  • Associated with Spontaneous combustion –> burning periodically
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2000BC - 900 AD- Mayans, Central America

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Trampled underfoot or swept into corners of home

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In Europe and USA how was garbage and waste handled?

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Garbage and human waste was thrown out the window and onto the street below
Dogs would eat it

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1388 England

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Banned dumping of waste in ditches and waterways

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1657- Manhattan, New York

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Could no longer throw waste into streets

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1400 Paris

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Piles of garbage outside city gates so high it interfered with the cities defenses

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1800s USA

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  • Pigs running loose in the street
  • Would eat garbage
  • Problem is pigs make waste
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1834 Charleston, West Virginia

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  • law protecting vultures from hunters

- birds ate garbage and would fly away

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1842 Age of Sanitation, England

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Report linking disease to filthy conditions

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1860 Washington

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  • Garbage and human waste still thrown in streets
  • pigs in streets making manure
  • Fumes from Slaughter house
  • Rats and Cockroaches infested most buildings
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1866 New York

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Banned throwing animal remains, garbage and ash into streets

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1872 New York

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Stopped dumping garbage in East River

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1874- Nottingham, England

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“The Destroyer”

-organized incineration of trash

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1880 New York

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15000 horse carcasses being removed from streets

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1885- Governors Island, New York

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-first north american incinerator

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1900s USA

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  • Piggeries
  • pigs no longer roamed streets
  • buildings housed the pigs and fed “fresh” or cooked garbage
  • Estimate 1 ton garbage/day = 75 pigs
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1900

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Germ Theory

-still about 3 million horses in USA each leaving behind about 20 lbs of manure and galleons of urine

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1905, New York

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Williamsburg bridge is lit by electricity generated by a garbage incinerator
-first waste to energy

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1910

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City beautification programs begin, resident driven

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1915

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Local Clean-up campaigns sponsored by National Clean-Up and Paint Up bureau sponsors

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1917

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Waste Reclamation Service is started by the USA federal government

  • Motto “Don’t waste waste, save it”
  • Shortages of raw materials during WW1
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1920

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  • “Reclaiming” of wetlands near cities

- filling in wetlands with garbage and ash as disposal method

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1933, New York

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  • forced to stop dumping waste into Atlantic Ocean

- applies to municipal waste, not Commercial waste

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1959

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  • First Standard guide to sanitary landfills

- try to get rid of odors and rats by compaction of the waste and covering it daily with soil

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1965

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  • First USA federal laws dealing with solid waste management

- “Solid Waste Disposal Act”

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1970

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First Earth Day

-EPA created

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1972

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US Federal Clean Waters Act

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1976

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act created

  • emphasized resource and conservation
  • all dumps be replaced by “Sanitary Landfills”
  • Toxic Substances Control Act
    • Hazardous waste recognized
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1989

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An agenda for action- EPA

-need an integrated solid waste management plan

35
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Today’s issues with waste (x5)

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  1. Volume and diverse nature of the waste streams
  2. Funding limitations
  3. Growing urban populations
  4. Limitations on physical space
  5. Public Awareness, advocacy and attitude