re: When did this phenomenon of blowing all your yard waste into the street, start?

I walk down my long driveway blowing everything back into the yard as best I can. When I get to the end and there's a little left, it goes in the street to get whisked away.
And I cut facing away from the street so little goes into the street that way.

If for whatever reason a lot of my clippings find their way to the street, i'll blow them back in the yard, but for the most part, I don't care if myself or anyone else leaves a few clippings in the street to be blown away by cars.