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Innovations

Integrated Water Resource Management

Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is now used all over the world

Innovations

Convertible Baby Carriage

This convertible sleigh was patented in 1912 and sold by Beilstein & Kranz Manufacturers of Berlin.

Innovations

Blue Box Program

When city-wide recycling in Kitchener was launch in 1983, the blue box was its cornerstone.

Innovations

Faux Fur in the 19th Century

As buffalo fur coats and robes were an expensive way to keep warm in the late 1800s, John Morley from Waterloo invented his own process of treating wool to create imitation buffalo fur.

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