The market failure in the system that could produce high-value recycled materials is very much like a chicken-and-egg problem.
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
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Describes the recycling market's challenges as a cyclical issue.
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