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Interesting read. I'd argue that there is also a third price -- the price of getting rid of it. While throwing something in a garbage may be "cheap", there are
by iliketrains 5y ago
Interesting read. I'd argue that there is also a third price -- the price of getting rid of it.
While throwing something in a garbage may be "cheap", there are many hidden costs, especially for the society as a whole.
I have definitely started to consider "price of disposal" when purchasing new tings.
- Xeoncross 5y agoWell, even if you are totally oblivious to the cost to the environment (we all are at times) - there are real, immediate costs to getting read of many items. Ask anyone how many hours they took to sell a car, house, or their art work and you can see 'ending' costs add up quickly - other items often have disposal costs like appliances and tires.
- sokoloff 5y agoI think most of those costs for a house, car, or piece or art are only present because of an attempt to recover some of the first cost. If you just want to be rid of those things, the third cost can be quite low.
- vl 5y agoOnly if you want to sell above market price, sell slightly below, and it’s gone in minutes/hours. Underprice car by 5% and put on FB marketplace, you’ll get first offer in 10 minutes and 20 offers in an hour.
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- dhbradshaw 5y agoI learned this the hard way when trying to create iron nanoparticles. I found a great deal on a fair amount of iron pentacarbonyl while I was working at LANL. It was a few dollars to buy. Later I learned that it would cost thousands of dollars to dispose of!
- tdeck 5y agoIt's like the chemical equivalent of a timeshare. Better find someone else to buy it and take it off your hands.
- wpietri 5y agoDid you perhaps buy it from somebody who had found out how expensive it was to dispose of?
- drak0n1c 5y agoI wonder if you could give it to chemical plants or industrial forges that make use of it regularly. But the unknown sourcing, purity, and relatively tiny volume would probably be a total blocker - if not by company policy then by regulation. Maybe there's some kind of trial run or safety drill they can waste it on.