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Jim Risch: “The market failure in the system that could produce high-value recycled materials is very much like a chicken-and-egg…”

On the recordJune 8, 2011
The market failure in the system that could produce high-value recycled materials is very much like a chicken-and-egg problem.
Said by
Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Describes the recycling market's challenges as a cyclical issue.

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