Introduction A human is a creature that wants to believe that everything is under control and can be improved by people as soon as there is a need. Unfortunately, this kind of human self-interest and self-confidence does not make a human stronger. On the contrary, these are some of those most dangerous and unpleasant factors that can weaken a person. A person can hardly guess what is happening. The point is that people cannot even guess that their desire to have or produce more lead to their self-destruction. Hawken (1994) admits that that “in the process of taking too much, we [people] waste too much” (p. 37). This author introduces several interesting ideas about the connection between the environment and business, human desire to succeed, and human inability to avoid waste, etc. There are many socio-economic implications of waste, and Hawken helps to realize how people and waste are interconnected. This paper aims at analyzing several Hawken’s approaches with the help of which it is possible to comprehend the essence of waste and the outcomes it has in regards to people and the economics people try to create to survive. It is not only a philosophical concept that has to be considered. It is a call to action for people, who want to be saved. Position Statement One of the most captivating and powerful ideas offered in the source under analysis is the fact that nature is cyclical, and waste created by one living system can become food for another living system (Hawken, 1994). At the same time, people are bothered by the necessity to dispose of wastes and cannot understand that their main problem is connected with the creation of wastes. Unfortunately, people continue neglecting the rules and standards offered by nature. They like to think that they can gain control over everything and create the conditions that are preferable to them. People start neglecting the fact that nature is the basis of everything. As soon as the limit is achieved, nature cannot stand human activities anymore and declares itself most unexpectedly. The amount of the damage people do to the environment, as well as the dangers that are created by mankind, cannot be defined; that is why the main problem is not the necessity to think about the best means to dispose of wastes but the necessity to stop creating wastes, especially toxic wastes that are too harmful to people (Hawken, 1994). Support of the Position Nowadays, the issue of waste creation and disposal is burning indeed. People continue talking about the necessity to control the amount of waste produced, investigating and categorizing waste, and offering their independent ideas on how people can improve the current environmental situation (Hawken, 1994). However, even the fact that people know that there are many types of waste as hazardous, medical, industrial, electronics, agricultural, etc. (Pichtel, 2014) cannot help these people improve the environment they have to live in because they are not able just to stop using something. It is hard to realize how dangerous human actions can be. Philosophers offer to use the concept of time as the only means to identify the quality of waste and its danger (Viney, 2014). Time shows the way of how a part