Waste Management Inc. chief executive officer Jim Fish suggests that Chinese buyers have had a change in preferences and arenow less willing to buy recycled material that is not of a certain quality. What does losing that market share suggest?Removing more impurities from recycled content istoo expensive with current technologies.highly profitable and leads Chinese industries to do more with less.relatively easy to do with current technologies.currently not a high priority for Waste Management, Inc.

b. Highly profitable and leads Chinese industries to do more with less.This option is incorrect…

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