Waste
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
American Optimist 
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4 statements about Waste, every show
Abbott: Asynchronous communication causes a $300B waste problem in US logistics
“We think there's about at least 10% waste in this industry because of the low bandwidth asynchronous communication nature of trading information. So that's a three hundred billion dollar opportunity in the US, almost a trillion dollar globally, right?”
Waste services operate like utilities without regulatory return caps
“So when you think about a stable business model, waste really fits the bill, and it's in some measure like a utility, yet there's not a rate cap on the returns.”
Raz: Only about 35% of US waste is currently recycled
“Only about 35% of waste is recycled in the U.S., Even though much more of it is recyclable.”
Gawande: About 30% of All Healthcare Spending Is Waste
“Estimates are that about 30% of healthcare is waste. It's going to things that are either much higher administrative costs that add no value, or are actual treatments and tests and procedures and drugs that are of no benefit or actively harmful.”