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Water scarcity - innovation to save water in the global laundry industry

Graham Watson

5th October 2018

The fundamental economic problem: scarcity and choice, via an interesting example. In instance, South Africa's drought and subsequent water shortage forced one laundry entrepreneur to seek an innovative solution to seek an innovative solution. In this case, a new technology, involving polymer beads had significantly reduced his water costs, saving scarce resources in the process.

Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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