>The "plastic cutlery industry" can rake in all the profits of the (literal) garbage they produce, but the whole society is left with the cost of disposing it.

>The "plastic cutlery industry" can rake in all the profits of the (literal) garbage they produce, but the whole society is left with the cost of disposing it. Where I live, the one who bought the plastic cutlery throws it into garbage and pays the full cost for the disposal of that garbage. And it's converted to energy, finally.