Attitude Quote by Jimmy Carter

“Waste is any human activity which absorbs resources but creates no value. — James P. Womak and Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking (Free Press)”

— Ash Maurya

The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find…

— Stuart Ewen

“American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash -- all of them -- surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost…

— John Steinbeck

In looking at waste as an entirely modern, man-made idea, I stopped viewing garbage as garbage and instead slowly started to see it as…

— Tom Szaky

For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across--hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management,…

— Rick Riordan

Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets…

— Peter Marshall

There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part, it is…

— William Booth

Waste is only waste if we waste it.

— will.i.am

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

— David Suzuki

To achieve true sustainability, we must reduce our "garbage index" - that which we permanently throw away into the environment that will not be…

— David Korten

Some trash is recycled, some is thrown away, some ends up where it shouldn't end up.

— Carlo Ratti

“What better place to look for trash than in America - the land of consumption and waste?”

— Lisa See