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You are ignoring the incentives. If doing the right thing cost $5 instead of being free, there would be a lot more litter
by gnopgnip 7y ago
You are ignoring the incentives. If doing the right thing cost $5 instead of being free, there would be a lot more litter
- apacheCamel 7y agoI am not sure I know many examples that would fit like that though. Recycling probably is a big one, since I have to pay to have a recycle bin picked up weekly. Holding on to litter costs me time and energy since I have to hang onto it until I find a trash can. I feel like people have a "minimum" threshold of how much they can be put "out of their way" before they go with the bad option. I really don't know. I think it is tough to think about. How much time/money would you be willing to part with to properly dispose of a candy wrapper? How about the same question but now you have to pay/waste time to not steal a TV? I don't know how to explain it without going full on slippery slope.
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- stevenicr 7y agothat's kind of the reverse for the 'bottle deposits' - where it costs you up front, and not doing the right thing (returning the bottles for recycling), costs you as not getting money back. So, deposits on plastic cups! and straws! (might get people to pay the cost of washing and re-using a sturdy one)