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> why should they be on the hook after it leaves their hands? Consumers are using the said products Consumers aren't typically buying plastic packaging. They'r
by tekdude 6y ago
> why should they be on the hook after it leaves their hands? Consumers are using the said products
Consumers aren't typically buying plastic packaging. They're buying whatever the plastic packaging contains.
When regular people buy plastic packaging and throw it away, then yes they are culpable (as in plastic bags and wrap for food storage, which I'll admit that I do use on occasion).
The rest of the time, it's not really the consumer's decision.
- koheripbal 6y agoThat's not correct. I'd much rather buy a plastic bottle of water than a heavy glass one.
- alistairSH 6y agoWater is/should be damn near free in any wealthy nation. There shouldn’t even be a market for single-use water (not on the scale it exists in the USA anyway).
- koheripbal 6y agoWater is essentially free. You are paying for the container. Making the containers free will just drive up wastage.
- alistairSH 6y agoNot free plastic bottles; free water (at fountains and suchlike). We should be using reusable bottles and filling them on demand at public fountains, not running into the quickie mart and buying Evian 1/2 liter at a time.
- koheripbal 6y agoGo into literally any establishment and ask for free tap water, and most will let you have it - FOR FREE
- andersonvom 6y agoProbably not if the product in a plastic bottle is much more expensive than the same thing in a glass bottle, right?