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Eventually we need to outlaw 99% of plastic use. We just can't keep doing this. The earlier we start with the easy stuff, the better, so why not start with it n
by Lutger 4y ago
Eventually we need to outlaw 99% of plastic use. We just can't keep doing this. The earlier we start with the easy stuff, the better, so why not start with it now?
- cowtools 4y agoOn an inter-national basis?
- WesolyKubeczek 4y agoOutlawing it is asking for a huge backlash. Like, the next government may eat babies for all it’s worth, once they promise to make plastic cheap again, they have won the elections.
- actionfromafar 4y agoOutlawing and adding costs to production amounts to the same thing for many plastic products. If plastic producers were forced to pay the externalities, many cheap plastic things would disappear. Those politicians would vow to remove "the predatory plastic taxes".
- WesolyKubeczek 4y agoThe mankind at large won't just give up its toys. You have to give it better toys to make large changes like that.