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Why? It's not misleading advertising, so what would be the basis for it being illegal?

• nopassrecover 10y ago
  Sustainability concerns?
  • mattnumbe 10y ago
    It's too bad sustainability has nothing to do with legality.
    • nopassrecover 10y ago
      The original comment suggested that this should be illegal, and the reply, as I interpreted it, asked on what grounds. I can see on reflection we're discussing different issues (i.e. I've taken the comment trail as a normative discussion, rather than a technical one). Sustainability concerns seem like a valid ethical reason to create laws and attempt to minimise things like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12742974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12742974
      • mattnumbe 10y ago
        My comment can be read two ways: It's too bad sustainability has nothing to do with legality, in the sense that it should be illegal to make products that are extremely wasteful.
        • 3stripe 10y ago
          And you hit the nail on the head in terms of what I was angling at :) On a related note: http://qz.com/811525/sweden-gives-its-fixer-citizens-tax-breaks-for-repairing-not-replacing-whats-broken/ http://qz.com/811525/sweden-gives-its-fixer-citizens-tax-bre... -> "Sweden offering tax breaks to citizens who repair, not replace, broken things"
    • 464192002d7fe1c 10y ago
      Not that I think its a particularly good idea, but, you could make a law like that. I suppose, the ban on disposable products in food service and shopping (styrofoam and plastic bags) already is.