Cheat Sheet / Updated 09-30-2021
Waste doesn’t exist within the natural world — every output of a system acts as an input for another. Material lifecycles within nature are circular, not linear. And though waste doesn’t exist within the natural world, it most certainly — at a highly accelerated rate — exists within the human world. Populations and the demand for resources continue to surge, and the rate at which materials and products are purchased and disposed of increases as well.