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- Dictionaryoverconsumption/ˌəʊvəkənˈsʌm(p)ʃn/
noun
- 1. the action or fact of consuming something to excess: "the overconsumption of alcohol"
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Situation where resource use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem
Overconsumption describes a situation where a consumer overuses their available goods and services to where they can't, or don't want to, replenish or reuse them. In microeconomics, this may be described as the point where the marginal cost of a consumer is greater than their marginal utility. The term overconsumption is quite controversial in use and does not necessarily have a single unifying de... Wikipedia