William S. Burroughs Quotes

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

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.

Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.

Waste is only waste if we waste it.

Reusing and recycling our materials is the most important thing we can do.

The path of civilization is paved with tin cans.

What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.

I have always been interested in garbage: What it says about us. What in there embarrasses us, and what we can't bear to part with. Where it goes and how much of it there is. How it endures. What it might be like to work with it every day.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

Nothing is wasted.

The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.

But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

Sometimes I worry about the amount of paper I waste.

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

The cheap and easy days of waste disposal are over.

The object of protection is that of diminishing the distance and the waste between the producer and the consumer

We can turn your bottles back into oil. We can burn it to make energy. Our we can put it in a landfill. There’s a green spectrum. And a cost spectrum. The most green is the most expensive.

I'm a trash can. I eat whatever makes me happy.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

India's waste problem is gigantic, and with its economy growing steadily, it will be compounded manifold.

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.