From Waste to Resource 2006 World Waste Survey

In the past, humans regarded their resources as rare, knowing that their demands outweighed supply. Everything available had to be used and almost nothing went to waste. However, the Industrial Revolution embraced development and the apparently unlimited use of renewable and non-renewable resources. Little by little, wastes were seen as pollutants that had to be collected, hidden or buried in the most environmentally-friendly way possible.Lacoste, Elisabeth is the author of 'From Waste to Resource 2006 World Waste Survey', published 2007 under ISBN 9782717853582 and ISBN 2717853588.