The Japanese have a saying about wastes: “Mix them and
you get garbage; separate them and you get resources.” In
future years, trash will increasingly be viewed as a resource,
and diverse technologies will be employed to recoup
those resources. International efforts-led by the
United Nations, European Community (EC), World Bank
and others-will speed the way, as will environmental
regulatory agencies in the industrialized world. Along
with this, more effort will be put into recycling and reduction
of wastes at the source.