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A timeline is a
chronological (orderly)
display of important events. Timelines can be about people,
places, or events and can be vertical or horizontal.
Let's practice using
timelines!
Below is a vertical
timeline about important events in the history of recycling and garbage
management. Use the timeline to answer the questions below.
Recycling Timeline
| 10,000 BC |
Garbage becomes an issue as
people first begin to establish permanent settlements. |
| 105 AD |
Paper is invented in China by
Ts'ai Lun. |
| 200 |
The first sanitation
force is created by the Romans. Teams of two men walk along the
streets, pick up garbage, and throw it into a wagon. |
| 1897 |
The first recycling
center is established in New York City. |
| 1912 |
Cellophane (clear
plastic) is invented by Swiss chemist Doctor Jacques Brandenberger,
which encourages the use of plastic packaging. |
| 1944 |
Styrofoam is invented by
Dow Chemical Co. |
| 1948 |
Fresh Kills landfill is
opened in Staten Island, New York. It later becomes the world's
largest city dump. Fresh Kills and the Great Wall of China are the
only man-made objects visible from space. |
| 1965 |
The Federal government
realizes that garbage has become a major problem and enacts the
Solid Waste Disposable Act. This calls for the nation to find
better ways of dealing with trash. |
| 1968 |
The US aluminum industry
begins recycling discarded aluminum products, from beverage cans to
window blinds. |
| 1970 |
On April 22, the first
Earth Day, introducing the concept of recycling to the general
public. |
| 1970 |
The EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency) is established. |
| 1976 |
The Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act is passed, which requires all dumps to
be replaced with "sanitary landfills." The enforcement of
this act will increase the cost of landfill disposal, and that will
make resource-conserving options like recycling more appealing. |
| 1986 |
Rhode Island becomes the
first state to pass mandatory recycling laws for aluminum and steel
cans, glass, newspapers, and #1 and #2 plastic. |
| 1990 |
McDonald's announces
plans to stop the use of styrofoam packaging of its food due to
consumer protests. |
| 1990 |
On December 4, both
Coca-Cola and Pepsi announced that they will begin using a recycled
PET (#1 plastic) bottle made of about 25% recycled plastic resin. |
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Read each question and click in the button of
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In what year was paper invented? |
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2. Where
was the first mandatory recycling laws passed? |
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3. How
many years passed between the time styrofoam was invented
and McDonalds stopped using styrofoam packaging? |
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4. What
important event occurred in 1970? |
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B elow
is a horizontal timeline on the life of Benjamin Franklin. Use the timeline to
answer the questions below.
Benjamin
Franklin - Timeline: |
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In what year did
Benjamin Franklin sign the
Declaration of Independence? |
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How old was Benjamin Franklin when he died? |
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3. How many years passed
from when Benjamin Franklin founded the first library to
when he did his famous kite experiment? |
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