"Waste is on the agenda of foundations more than ever these days," according to William Y. Brown, a grants administrator for Waste Management Inc., an internationally active waste disposal and recycling company. Brown attributes the rise in foundation interest to the same factors that alarm other thoughtful observers of life in the U.S. "Foundation directors read the newspapers," he points out. And what's in the papers these days? As Brown points out, it is the woeful tale of a waste barge floating from country to country looking for a place to dump its stinking cargo...an account of the United States' pathetic efforts to export its waste...reports of yet another landfill closing because of the deadly threat to nearby residents...that's what's in the papers.
So these media-bombarded foundation directors are pitching in to do their bit. Foundations have a special role to play in the waste problem, according to Rachel Pohl ...
