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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Underutilized wastes

Underutilized wastes

Nature

Many countries produce large quantities of agricultural and industrial wastes as well as growing quantities of consumer wastes, none of which are adequately utilized.

Broader

Inefficient use of resources
Excellent
Waste of non-renewable resources
Presentable
Undeveloped channels for commercial initiative
Presentable
Insufficient use of natural resources
Presentable
Inefficiency of state-controlled enterprises
Presentable
Excess
Unpresentable

Narrower

Underutilized agricultural wastes
Excellent
Waste paper
Presentable
Methane gas emissions from landfill sites
Presentable
Insufficient recycling of materials
Presentable
Wastage of food
Presentable

Aggravates

Shortage of natural resources
Excellent
Pollutants
Unpresentable
Scarcity of newsprint
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Wasteful industries
Unpresentable

Strategy

Recycling materials
Excellent
Producing biofuels
Presentable
Extending producer responsibility
Presentable
Maximizing waste reuse
Yet to rate
Generating electricity from organic wastes
Yet to rate
Developing new recycling technologies
Yet to rate
Designing products for recyclability
Yet to rate

Value

Wastage
Yet to rate
Unused
Yet to rate
Underuse
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Economics » Resource utilization
  • Societal problems » Waste
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J4124
    DOCID
    12041240
    D7NID
    140152
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020