“Dig a trench through a landfill and you will see layers of phone books like geographical strata or layers of cake.... During a recent landfill dig in Phoenix, I found newspapers dating from 1952 that looked so fresh you might read one over breakfast.” BookMightFoundEnvironmentDatingEnvironmentalPhonesNewspapersBreakfastCakeLayersPhoenixTrenchesSave Mother EarthLandfills Author:William Rathje
“Source reduction is, on the face it, perhaps the most appealing of all the possible approaches to solid-waste management.” FacesSourceWasteApproachManagementReductionRecyclingSolid Waste Author:William Rathje
“Source Reduction is to garbage what preventive medicine is to health.” NatureSourceMedicineEnvironmentalGarbageReductionPreventive Medicine Author:William Rathje