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Save it for the Rag-and-Bone Man: The Premodern History of Recycling, Salvage, and Reuse https://digpodcast.org/2026/02/08/save-it-for-the-rag-and-bone-man-the-premodern-history-of-recycling-salvage-and-reuse/ #EnvironmentalHistory #18thC #18thCentury #19thCentury #20thCenturyHistory #EnvironmentalHistory #EuropeanHistory #SocialHistory #podcast #histodons #history @histodons

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Save it for the Rag-and-Bone Man: The Premodern History of Recycling, Salvage, and Reuse

In 1851, a journalist named Henry Mayhew set out to document the lives of London’s working poor. What he found was astonishing. In the richest city in the world, thousands of people made thei…

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