Rohini Nilekani Quotes

In theory, recycling poop is the perfect solution to the one truly unavoidable byproduct of human civilization.

A big ethical question is what happens after people stop using the device. Does it degrade the environment? Could it have been designed so it would actually be good for the environment?

If the rest of the world aspires to our way of life ... we'll bury ourselves in waste.

The cheap and easy days of waste disposal are over.

Every time there is an economic intensification, there is an ecological impact.

We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.

We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.

I'm mad keen on recycling because I'm worried about the next generation and where all this waste we're producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.

I come from garbage.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.

Trash has given us an appetite for art.

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

Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.

Sometimes I worry about the amount of paper I waste.

I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.

We can no longer throw our waste away because there is no away.

Pollution is nothing but resources we're not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

Unmanageable waste has turned into a worldwide crisis. No matter how much local authorities do, no matter the level of public cooperation, no matter how much is recycled, the problem continues to grow.

The waste products in Earth's crust are also the human in this expanded, spectral sense. One's garbage doesn't go 'away' - it just goes somewhere else.

Sooner or later, all magazines end up in the toilet.

As hundreds of millions of Chinese have improved their standard of living, this has put enormous pressure on natural resources, raw materials, and food basics, among others.

With India going digital, we have a massive and dangerous e-waste problem.

E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States and can pose serious environmental and health problems here and around the world when not handled properly.