Nickolas Themelis was a prominent waste-to-energy advocate. Like many waste-to-energy advocates, he believed that turning old trash into energy was the best option from a practical, environmental, and economic perspective. Like Andy Keller and the TerraCycle founders (Tom Szaky and Jon Beyer), Themelis believed that contemporary U.S. culture was too wasteful, and that the real solution would take a massive cultural shift.
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For all his advocacy for waste-to-energy, Nickolas Themelis believes that the most intelligent, most-likely-to-succeed, long-term solution to waste is far simpler than any giant trash-burning generator, and far less costly, yet so much more difficult to achieve: a changed culture.
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For all his advocacy for waste-to-energy, Nickolas Themelis believes that the most intelligent, most-likely-to-succeed, long-term solution to waste is far simpler than any giant trash-burning generator, and far less costly, yet so much more difficult to achieve: a changed culture.
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