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The demand curve and the supply curve for waste

June 18, 2018August 31, 2018 admin allocation, demand, supply, waste

Do we realise that demand for goods, and often services too, comes with a supply of waste? So, if we take a normal, negatively sloped, demand curve, and trace the price down the curve, quantity demanded is growing, and so is waste. This gave me the idea that for every demand curve, there is a complementary supply curve of waste.

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