The report urges more investment in proper waste management facilities, claiming that the cost of dumping or exporting waste is higher than recycling it.
It has begun, for the first time, to calculate the real cost to poor countries of tariffs, anti-dumping duties and non-tariff barriers in rich markets.
Cable operators could switch to a la carte programming but if consumers responded by dumping every cable channel but ESPN, Comedy Central and NFL football, the cost of Internet access would likely go up.