Kehittyneiden maiden kykenemättömyys kierrättää on myös johtanut ristiriitoihin aiheuttamalla taloudellista riippuvuutta tietyistä resursseista. ###>– Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a well-known and long-established fact that waste is exported to countries where, because of their economic or political dependence, they merely collect rather than actually dispose of the leftovers from what richer societies consume.