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3 unusual facts about Harry Wasylyk


Bin bag

Created in 1950, this invention can be attributed to Canadians Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp.

Harry Wasylyk

Garbage bags were first intended for commercial use rather than home use – the bags were first sold to the Winnipeg General Hospital.

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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