Antonis' Quotes
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“The first industrial revolution urbanization wave shaped what we call “western civilization” – the current tsunami of rural to urban migration will reshape the whole planet”
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“By the end of the current industrial revolution the term “waste” will have been completely redefined, as it was done during the previous industrial revolutions”
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“You can’t understand circular economy out of the context of the fourth industrial revolution”
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“Mobile and web apps provide the opportunity to make knowhow available to anyone that needs them. It is the first time we can have waste management for everyone”
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“Dumpsites are a global health emergency”
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“International Development Assistance for waste management needs to multiply urgently to deal with the growing tsunami of waste.”
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“Globalisation creates its own footprint in each and every local waste management system”
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“Waste management systems aren’t only about huge infrastructure and public money, as they are usually considered – they are mainly about social patterns, culture, behaviour, consumption, institutions and neighbourhoods.”
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“If the future is urban, then megacities, through their intense and continuous human interaction, will deliver new, unimaginable solutions to the unimaginable problems they face.”
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“It doesn’t matter if zero waste is possible or not – after all, alchemy was impossible and yet delivered the foundation of chemistry.”
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