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For $1 I'd be happy to make and ship bottles complete with authentic looking labels to you. i.e. if it wasn't obvious, that would have way too much fraud.
by ars 7y ago
For $1 I'd be happy to make and ship bottles complete with authentic looking labels to you.
i.e. if it wasn't obvious, that would have way too much fraud.
- tehlike 7y agoReminds me of this: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hanoi-rat-massacre-1902 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hanoi-rat-massacre-190... When a measure becomes the target, it ceases to be a good measure.
- allovernow 7y agoThat's an interesting point. I bet the price of plastic has gone down since the original value was chosen. I wonder what price point makes fraud economical on a large enough scale to attract someone with access to manufacturing...
- labster 7y agoHeck, even at 2.5 and 5 cents, California had a bottle recycling rate of 102% a few years back. Just bringing legit bottles across the border was a profitable activity until they started cracking down.
- Scoundreller 7y agoThat’s already happened: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/05/fraudster-made-1m-from-recycling-bottles-german-court-hears https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/05/fraudster-made...