The best approach would be to make corporations and people pay based on the amount of trash they generate. Similar to VAT, have a GAT. All of a sudden, consume

The best approach would be to make corporations and people pay based on the amount of trash they generate. Similar to VAT, have a GAT. All of a sudden, consumers would be keenly aware and happy to purchase products that reduce trash. Even better, weight it against the long term damage to the environment. Yes, this is going to be ugly politically, but that's probably one way to capture the negative externalities of a product. You could even have a very tiny tag with a number printed on the item that would allow you to look up a breakdown of what went into calculating it's 'GAT' score.