It came from his waste stream into the waterways of Haiti, into the bodies of Haitians.
We divert that much of our waste stream to recycling and actually make money on it instead of paying tipping fees to dump trash in the ground.
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However, since the UK will most likely adopt a single reactor system for all its new nuclear power plants, there will only be one type of waste stream.
E-waste is the largest growing waste stream in the country.
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The production of our surfaces has diverted millions of tons of glass from the waste stream, and has created green collar jobs in the manufacturing sector that pay a living wage.
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The EU has identified construction and demolition waste as a priority waste stream which means that policies and measures ensuring increased recycling of CND waste versus landfill and incineration will take priority.
Putting the bakery goods and coffee grounds through a biorefining process would also have the added benefit of keeping a lot of waste out of the waste stream while also reducing pollution from incineration.
In New Zealand Scion Research works to convert the waste stream from pulp and paper processing into a blend of microbial cell wall debris and plastic called polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA. Plant a PHA flower pot into the ground and and it biodegrades.
"For quite a long time, some business waste has found its way illegally into the household waste products' stream, " said Mr Read.
Recycling uses energy, water and other resources and creates its own stream of waste.
The stream now carries black sediment of waste coal which eventually flows into Lake Kariba.
In the last decade, main stream corporations like Walmart, General Electric and Waste Management got into the act with eco-innovations to better meet customer and investor expectations.
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