Inaccessible supply of used materials
- Lack of second-hand markets
- Inadequate trade in recyclable materials
Claim
Second-hand materials are undervalued in our throw-away society.
Counter-claim
The Chicago Board of Trade has began a modern electronic "stock exchange" for recyclable commodities. Materials for inclusion in the first state are paper, plastics, glass and aluminium cans.
Broader
Aggravates
Aggravated by
Strategy
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
- Commerce » Market
- Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
- Commerce » Trade
- Economics » Resource utilization
- Fundamental sciences » Material
- Societal problems » Inadequacy
- Societal problems » Scarcity
Content quality
Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
G0282
DOCID
11702820
D7NID
135803
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020