This is a terrible misallocation of increasingly scarce resources.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In addition, murre eggs were becoming increasingly scarce.
2019 , 'When California Went to War Over Eggs', Smithsonian
Recycling would reduce the waste at our increasingly scarce landfill sites.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
The result is a drain on increasingly scarce council resources.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)