Ten dates in the history of recycling
3000 B.C.: The first metal objects are melted down to make new ones.
500 B.C.: Athens invents the first municipal rubbish dump, and obliges its citizens to deposit their waste there.
105: During the Han dynasty, the Chinese Minister for Agriculture Tsai Lun invents the idea of making paper from old linen rags.
1031: In Japan, new paper is made from recycled paper for the first time in the history of humanity.
1690: The first recycled paper company, The Rittenhouse Mill, is founded in Philadelphia.
1884: Eugène Poubelle, the prefect of the Seine, makes Parisians use a closed container — that would bear his name — to deposit their waste, and make it easier to collect.
1940: Nylon, elastic, used batteries and various scrap metals are recycled in Europe and the United States to benefit the war effort.
1970: The symbol for recycling — also known as the Möbius strip — becomes the universal logo for recyclable materials.
1973: The first recycling centre for plastic materials is created in Conshohocken, in the United States.
2016: The recycling industry generates revenue volume of 160 billion dollars throughout the world, and employs around 1.5 million people.
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