With budget cuts and the age of austerity upon us, it is fascinating to look back - over 80 years - to July 1929 when, more unknowingly, the waste industry was heading towards difficult times in the form of the Great Depression.rnThrough Mr W Foster's words, it is interesting to read how the industry has changed in some facets, but remained oddly similar in others over the intervening decades. One key similarity is that waste minimisation was a big part of the agenda in 1929, although slogans such as "Burn it. It's healthier" and "Burn your refuse and save your rates" may these days be tempered by "recycle" messages.
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