| Trash service has always been a need, but it can | | | | garbage must be cooked before being fed to the |
| came a long way since those early times when trash | | | | pigs. |
| was just dumped wherever. We have found many | | | | Also during the 1900s, larger cities had dumps. Most |
| ways to make trash removal healthier and better for | | | | trash was brought to the dump by each individual, |
| the environment. There have been great strides in | | | | but some areas had collection which was done by a |
| trash service that have brought to our civilized and | | | | horse drawn cart. The trash in the dumps was usually |
| well managed methods that we have today. | | | | burnt. |
| In the Beginning | | | | More Modern Times |
| There has always been trash of some kind. Though it | | | | As cities became more industrialized, there became a |
| is not documented, the early civilizations probably just | | | | need to keep the streets and the water sources |
| dropped trash anywhere. Of course, their trash would | | | | clean. Vehicles were built to collect trash. The first |
| have been biodegradable and probably just broke | | | | trucks were just open and trash often spilled out of |
| down and was absorbed back into the earth. It was | | | | them. Later on vehicles with compactors came along |
| nothing like the many man-made products we throw | | | | to make the trash service collection more sanitary. |
| away today. | | | | Today there is municipal garbage collection which |
| In Greece, in 500 B.C. there was a municipal dump | | | | collects your trash right at your curbside. In some |
| where everyone would dump their trash. The Mayans | | | | places you may use a dumpster where you put your |
| also had a trash dump. In early Europe, people would | | | | trash into a large bin and a truck comes and collects |
| simply dump trash in the gutters. Some people would | | | | it. Trash dumps are sanitary and many different |
| burn their trash as a heat source or go through the | | | | policies help to ensure that trash is kept separate |
| trash of wealthy neighbors for food scraps or other | | | | from ground water and other water sources, in |
| items that they would reuse. | | | | addition, to being kept away from the population and |
| The Next Step Up | | | | posing a health threat. |
| It was in the 1800s when the first actual trash | | | | In addition, recycling centers also help with trash |
| service began. Horse drawn carts were used to help | | | | service. Most cities offer a recycling service where |
| carry away the trash that was shoveled off the | | | | you can set out your recyclables and have them |
| streets. | | | | picked up just like your trash. |
| In the 1900s some small towns developed places | | | | The strict laws and standards, today, have ensuring |
| where pigs were housed and fed the trash collected | | | | that trash service operates like a very well oiled |
| from the town. These were called piggeries. Piggeries | | | | machine. You will not find trash being dumped in the |
| functioned well and many places still had one as late | | | | streets and raging illnesses attributed to unsanitary |
| as the 1960s. However, in the 1950s many pigs in the | | | | trash disposal. Trash service has came a long way |
| piggeries got sick and laws were passed that all | | | | from the beginning. |