Solid Wastes are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem. - Jimmy Carter
This country must make every effort to stem the rising tide of garbage and industrial waste through a more aggressive use of waste minimization and recycling practices. America as a nation is filling landfills faster than it can establish new ones. The waste problem is not going away, and it can no longer be neglected. - George Bush, Sr.
Wisdom understands that in a world of ecological interconnectedness there is no such thing as “away.” We don’t throw things “away,” we simply put them someplace where they defile the land, foul the water, pollute the air or change the earth’s atmosphere. -Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat
This country must make every effort to stem the rising tide of garbage and industrial waste through a more aggressive use of waste minimization and recycling practices. America as a nation is filling landfills faster than it can establish new ones. The waste problem is not going away, and it can no longer be neglected. - George Bush, Sr.
Wisdom understands that in a world of ecological interconnectedness there is no such thing as “away.” We don’t throw things “away,” we simply put them someplace where they defile the land, foul the water, pollute the air or change the earth’s atmosphere. -Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmaat
Approximately 72 percent of the waste currently being landfilled or incinerated consists of materials that could be put to higher and better use. - Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use. - Mother Teresa
