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  • World Summit Generates Tons of Trash - "Clearly a lot more education needs to be done"

    09/01/2002 1:17:03 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 44 replies · 628+ views
    yahoo.com ^ | Aug 30, 2002 - 4:35 PM ET | MIKE COHEN, AP
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - While delegates attending the World Summit wrangled over how best to save the planet's rapidly dwindling resources, they gave scant indication of leading by example. The 10-day summit, billed as the largest U.N. conference ever held, is expected to generate between 300 and 400 tons of trash, and so far, just 20 percent of it is being recycled. "We never had any illusions this would be a green summit," Mary Metcalfe, the environment minister of the Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, told reporters Friday. "At one stage we were hoping to achieve 90 percent diversion...