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The producer would be the manufacturer; the mandate could either fall directly on the manufacturer, or just require small businesses to arrange with the manufac
by azernik 10y ago
The producer would be the manufacturer; the mandate could either fall directly on the manufacturer, or just require small businesses to arrange with the manufacturer for recycling.
- djrogers 10y agoIf the mandate fell on the manufacturer, do you think they'd just absorb the cost out of he goodness of their hearts?
- dclowd9901 10y agoNo, of course not. That's the entire point. The cost needs to be captured _somewhere_ in the private chain because right now it's just an externality that no public entity wants to deal with or can deal with.
- dclowd9901 10y agoIn my scenario, the manufacturer would have to either provide logistics for local disposal (seems ideal to me) or do their own service (that would be rough!). I imagine a cottage industry of recycle processing middle handlers would eventually lower the friction in this space.