It’s the eve of garbage day. You may feel a bit guilty as you roll your container to the curb. You don’t have to think about that waste again, either. But maybe you have wondered, as you watch the trash truck pull away, just where that garbage ends up. North Americans make about four pounds […]
Month: November 2020
Who Invented the Dumpster?
The dumpster bin is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, even though it has been underrated and overlooked for far too long. Without George Dempster’s invention, the modern and urban cities of the 21st century would have been littered with heaps of festering garbage which could have triggered many epidemics in the […]