History of Recycling
4000+ years ago
65 million years ago
Dinosaurs become extinct, forests get lost underwater and sea creatures die and sink to the bottom. Their decaying remains are recycled into oil, coal and gas. The world is one step ahead of us.
5000 years ago (3000 BC)
In the Cretan capital, Knossos, they dug a great big hole in the ground and chucked their rubbish in it. The world’s first recorded landfill.
4000 years ago (2000 BC)
In China, they made compost out of their gooier rubbish to help their plants grow. At the same time over here, our bronze-aged mates were recycling old bronze scrap into new bronze things. Good for them.
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