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Recycling goods and people, so to speak. But seriously, why should businesses get to externalise the costs of disposal of the junk they make? Just make busines
by cam_l 8y ago
Recycling goods and people, so to speak.
But seriously, why should businesses get to externalise the costs of disposal of the junk they make? Just make businesses responsible for the life cycle of their products.
- djrogers 8y agoBusinesses will simply pas that cost along to consumers, making consumers ultimately responsible - just like we are now. I’m not sure what model of ‘make business pay for it’ doesn’t translate to ‘make consumers pay for it’.
- cam_l 8y agoOf course, that is the point! Then the business which produces lots of waste (and has to charge for it) is competing with business which produces little waste. >edit Consumers pay for some of the cost individually now, and some of the cost socialised through government. But neither consumer nor government have the power to minimise waste in the production of goods. Putting a clear monetary incentive on the backs of consumers and the responsibility with the market will actually change things.