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Why Do Garfield Phones Keep Washing Up on This Beach
- thih9 8y agoSimilar discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19512431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19512431 .
- ada1981 8y agoAre there any methods for embeddding unique molecular identifiers into materials? Sort of a like a barcode, but something like DNA, mixed into plastics. Whenever waste material is found, the producer of such waste ought to be fined a non-trivial amount.
- elliotec 8y agoWho is the producer in this case? The maker of the phones? The shipping company? What if the producer has been out of business for years?
- ada1981 8y agoThe producer is the maker of the phones. But both could be liable. If we passed laws that mandated "lost" containers immediately be fined for pollution, this could mitigate the company being out of business when you discover it.