Priority environmental issues were beach erosion and a lack of a garbage collection system and designated area for garbage disposal.

UNESCO: Opinion survey

"We've looked at the idea of 'garbage collection', how to get the cars back to the nearest stack where they can recharge their batteries ready for the next customer, " said Chin.

CNN: Reinventing the wheel

In 1995 he and a college pal jumped into the Internet, cofounding VerticalNet, (nasdaq: VERTD - news - people ) a Horsham, Pa. collection of Web sites with news and online marketplaces for industries like garbage and water treatment.

FORBES: Before... and After

With municipalities and issuers of infrastructure bonds including schools districts, hospitals and sewage and garbage collection authorities facing diminished tax and revenue receipts and inevitable downgrades, the risks they pose to guarantors could shut them out from low interest rate borrowings.

FORBES: Muni Bond Default Concerns Are Real