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That's easy to suggest and hard do. How are you going to change the behavior of entire populations? We are already trying education.
by meruru 7y ago
That's easy to suggest and hard do. How are you going to change the behavior of entire populations? We are already trying education.
- rexpop 7y agoEnvironmentalists are fighting an uphill battle so long as business, whose packaging decision are practically unilateral, aren't held accountable for their contributions. The "education" that gets the most funding is simple mis-direction away from supply-side pollution to consumer-blaming "solutions".
- meruru 7y agoYes, but how do you make businesses accountable? Legislation perhaps? Who's going to vote for those? Perhaps if we could educate people to care, but as I said we're already trying that. On a individual basis, I guess bringing up the issue more often is the best we can do really, I would definitely appreciate more environmentalism in politics discussions, but it feels very low-impact.
- rexpop 7y ago> how do you make businesses accountable? Well, to whom are businesses accountable currently? Shareholders. Naive solution: make impacted communities shareholders.
- notatoad 7y agoPrice it appropriately. For the vast majority of the uses of plastic, it isn't the best solution, just the cheapest. Keep adding tax until something more sustainable is cheaper.
- frankbreetz 7y agoBut then people couldn't use 30 disposable water bottles a week.
- meruru 7y agoHow do you get the government to add the appropriate taxes? That's also easy to suggest and hard do.
- hackerbabz 7y agoI wonder if people would start drinking tap water or disposable wooden water bottles first.
- burke 7y agoMilk cartons work perfectly well for water too.
- adrianN 7y agoMilk cartons contain plastic.
- ComputerGuru 7y agoThey don't have to and not all do. There are non-plastic food-safe waterproofing liners for cardboard.
- djd20 7y agoTap water really is not an option in most of the world.
- drewbt 7y agoMake companies responsible for the full life cycle of whatever product and packaging they put into this world.