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Why? If we can automatically recycle most/all of them, single-use becomes a non-issue. You get to have your plastic straws and bags without producing waste mat
by Alupis 6y ago
Why?
If we can automatically recycle most/all of them, single-use becomes a non-issue. You get to have your plastic straws and bags without producing waste material.
- WalterBright 6y agoTaxing plastic will take care of most single use cases, as they'll become uneconomic.
- Alupis 6y agoIn this thread, we've already discussed how California, basically, taxes all bottles - plastic bottles too - and how it's had nearly zero impact on people's behavior. Which is why it's better to not rely on people's behavior for recycling programs. It should be automatic. Place whatever in a bin, and the garbage company sorts and recycles.
- WalterBright 6y ago1. this was a tax in an attempt to get recycling, not a tax to discourage use of something 2. a tax on all bottles doesn't incentivize using a different material for bottles 3. if the tax is ineffective, it isn't large enough 4. recycling plastic is expensive - better to just not use plastic in the first place A tax on plastic (not glass or tin) would incentivize making bottles out of glass or tin instead.
- heavyset_go 6y agoPlastic waste won't be an issue if plastic products intended to be waste aren't produced.