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Not sure if that is enough given that most product returns are destroyed - from iPads to brand new clothes. So than that rule is already out I think? Though an
by hetspookjee 5y ago
Not sure if that is enough given that most product returns are destroyed - from iPads to brand new clothes. So than that rule is already out I think?
Though an extension that that is forbidden in some sense should be fair. Or a rule that forbids the relative amount of trash produced by a company?
- magicalhippo 5y agoHere in Norway we have a law to handle recycling and waste handling of electrical equipment[1]. It requires importers and producers of electrical and electronic equipment to be a member of a return company like Norsirk or RENAS[2], directly funding the collection, recycling and waste handling. Something similar could be introduced for other product groups as well like clothes. [1]: https://norsirk.no/produsentansvar/lover-og-regler/om-avfallsforskriften-for-ee-produkter/ https://norsirk.no/produsentansvar/lover-og-regler/om-avfall... [2]: https://renas.no/ https://renas.no/
- thechao 5y agoThe customer ends up holding the negative exernality with little ability to affect the upstream pipeline. By sending the waste "back up the pipe" it becomes each middle-company's problem. The point being that each company now has to consider how to get rid of their own generated waste. It de-externalizes the waste problem. If they choose to put the waste in to a landfill, then so be it: they have to pay to do that.