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Negative Externalities (Application Videos)

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 26 Feb 2019

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Here is a collection of recent news videos covering negative externalities from production and consumption.

Negative externalities occur when production and/or consumption impose external costs on third parties outside of the market for which no appropriate compensation is paid.

Plastic pollution: is it really that bad?
New pollution charges for London proposed
How waste from all of the world is ending up in the Arctic Ocean
Where does your phone come from?
Hair-raising drive through Delhi smog
The Yamuna, India's most polluted river
Time to Take Out the Space Trash
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