# In the dustbin of our cultural history

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**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703 "2020-12-10T00:57:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703/792 "2021-03-20T07:32:54Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> More like in the coal scuttle of our social history.

It’s called a dustbin because, after the rags and bones man takes the rags and bones, glass and metal, all that was left was the ash from the coal fires.

[Victorian dust-yards: early recycling - Groundsure](https://www.groundsure.com/resources/victorian-dust-yards-early-example-recycling-uk/)

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