Suppose the following table describes the marginal costs and marginal benefits of waste (garbage) reduction. What is the optimal amount of garbage? What is the situation if no garbage is allowed to be produced?
Percentage of Waste Eliminated/Marginal Costs (millions of dollars)/Marginal Benefits (millions of dollars)
10%/10/1,000
20%/15/500
30%/25/100
40%/40/50
50%/70/20
60%/110/5
70%/200/3
80%/500/2
90%/900/1
100%/2,000/0