That’s Mr. Garbage to You
in French garbage cans are called “poubelle” after the name of Eugène-René Poubelle, a prefet de police (head of the Paris police department) who passed a law on March 7, 1884 saying that “from now on landlords must provide their tenants with a box that allows them to dispose of their garbage and fire remains.” A newspaper started calling them “the Poubelle boxes” and there you go! That is how you make history.