knew grandfather Edelhoff, who as a city employee saw the dirty streets of Iserlohn every day. With a lot of courage and entrepreneurial spirit, he bought the sweeper from the city and developed a better roller to make his town cleaner. It was the founding of the first private waste management company in Germany - and just the beginning of a Europe-wide success story. With his systematic approach and innovative ideas, Gustav Edelhoff became the pioneer of an entire industry. As the inventor of the modern trash can, he shaped the way we still dispose of our waste today. His standards and pioneering spirit are still at the core of LOBBE and our vision today: