Created in 1950, this invention can be attributed to Canadians Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp.
Garbage bags were first intended for commercial use rather than home use – the bags were first sold to the Winnipeg General Hospital.
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Harry Wasylyk(born September 25, 1925) was a Canadian inventor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who together with Larry Hansen of Lindsay, Ontario, invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950.
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