25 Waste Quotes Encouraging Society To Change

There is no such thing as ‘away.’ When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.
- Annie Leonard

Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.
- Jose Mujica

Waste is a design flaw, the ability to create circularity of all materials eliminates waste and builds a sustainable world.
- Kate Krebs

We live in a disposable, 'cast-off and throw-away' society that has largely lost any real sense of permanence. Ours is a world of expiration dates, limited shelf life, and planned obsolescence. Nothing is absolute.
- Myles Munroe

It cannot be right to manufacture billions of objects that are used for a matter of minutes, and then are with us for centuries.
- Roz Savage

Plastic pollution is a global issue: killing wildlife, contaminating our oceans and waters, and lasting far longer than it is used.
- Leonardo DiCaprio

We humans have become so dependent on plastics for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction out of control.
- David Suzuki

The plastic pollution problem does not start at the middle of the ocean; does not start on our shores or in our rivers: It starts on land. Solutions should be found on land, its source.
- Merijn Tinga

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name – we call it recycling.
- Neil LaBute

Not only are plastics polluting our oceans and waterways and killing marine life – it’s in all of us and we can’t escape consuming plastics.
- Marco Lambertini

Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten, and they leave a terrible legacy.
- Zac Goldsmith

There are a lot of irritating aspects about large supermarkets for the wannabe eco-warrior, but the one that gets most of us hottest under the collar is packaging.
- Sheherazade Goldsmith

Plastic pollution-free world is not a choice but a commitment to life - a commitment to the next generation.
- Amit Ray

As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than when we found it.
- Dalai Lama

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refurbished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.
- Pete Seeger

Any waste stream in our society can be turned into a revenue stream. It's turning the lemons in our society into lemonade.
- Billy Parish

Refuse what you do not need; reduce what you do need; reuse what you consume; recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse; and rot (compost) the rest.
- Bea Johnson

I don't want to be an apologist for poverty, but I can't stand waste, useless spending, wasted energy and having to live squandering stuff.
- Jose Mujica

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.
- Mother Teresa

This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference toward valuable natural resources, but also a serious economic and public health problem.
- Jimmy Carter

Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest.
- Captain Charles Moore

We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.
- Terri Swearingen

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.
- Robert Swan

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
- Slogan during the Great Depression Era

Waste is a tax on the whole people.
- Albert W. Atwood