The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
“Emergency food has become very useful indeed, and to a very large assortment of people and institutions. The United States Department of… — Janet Poppendieck Copy Share Image
"Solid wastes" are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
Source reduction is, on the face it, perhaps the most appealing of all the possible approaches to solid-waste management. — William Rathje Copy Share Image
Newspapers are technologically obsolete. In the days of instant electronic communications, its crazy to have to print these newspapers at a central… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
“a pig produces about four times as much solid waste as an average person, a typical CAFO [Concentrated Animal Feed Operation] of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is hardly surprising that the malodorous field of garbology has not attained the popularity of rocket science, oil exploration, or brain… — Hans Y. Tammemagi Copy Share Image
The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
As a large producer of solid waste, the Commonwealth must lead by example and transition away from single-use disposable plastics to create… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image