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I agree up until the last part. Habits aren't formed in a vacuum. Corporations sell products in bad packaging and for most people most of the time there is no r
by caoilte 8y ago
I agree up until the last part. Habits aren't formed in a vacuum. Corporations sell products in bad packaging and for most people most of the time there is no reasonable way to avoid purchasing products in that form. The only way to change the situation is to legislate. A tax on packaging seems most pragmatic. Unfortunately, pragmatism would go against the prevailing dogmatic faith in the free market being the solution to all problems and so we do nothing.
- dylan604 8y agoHow does the tax on the packaging negatively affect the business? The business will just pass that cost directly onto the consumer.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoThis is part of the solution, actually. If packaging is part of the total price of the product, then those products with less packaging will cost less, and be preferred by consumers. It's a direct incentive to use less packaging.
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoAnother way would be to make garbage collection "pay as you go", for example by charging for collection bags. This is closer to "free market spirit", but creates a huge incentive to dump the garbage into the nearest river...
- sanxiyn 8y agoThe obvious answer is to levy hefty fine for dumping so that expected loss is higher than collection bag fee. Source: I live in collection bag fee jurisdiction.
- AlexTWithBeard 8y agoSo how does it work for you? My biggest fear is that the cost of enforcement will greatly outweigh possible benefits. In this sense taxing the "supply" side is much easier.