28 Mwezi wa sita, 2023
Updated zaidi ya mwaka 1 ago
What one person throws away may be useful and valuable to someone else.
This saying is often used to describe either the diversity of human preferences or to express optimism that humans are quite creative when it comes to repurposing or recycling what other people throw away.
For example, entrepreneur Gibson Kiwago, founder of WAGA Tanzania, recycles old laptop batteries to power homes and businesses in Tanzanzia. Check out our E-Waste Reading List!
The notion that people subjectively assess quality has been around a long time. The saying derives from a 17th century proverb:
This saying is often used to describe either the diversity of human preferences or to express optimism that humans are quite creative when it comes to repurposing or recycling what other people throw away.
For example, entrepreneur Gibson Kiwago, founder of WAGA Tanzania, recycles old laptop batteries to power homes and businesses in Tanzanzia. Check out our E-Waste Reading List!
The notion that people subjectively assess quality has been around a long time. The saying derives from a 17th century proverb:
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Have you ever seen value in something that someone else threw away?
