Toilets have been found in Roman and Egyptian ruins. However the modern flush system did not enter British society until the 19th century. Before this development, sewage flowed down the streets of London like rainwater.
In 1858, The Great Stink occurred in London, the cumulation of the overflowing human waste mounting up to an [...]

Each and every year thousands upon thousands of tons of trash is thrown into landfills. Though we are in no danger of running short on landfill space, this is expensive in terms of time, space, and energy invested, along with the sheer waste of materials that will not ever be used again.
With that in mind, [...]