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Plastic bags are like matches. If there was an increase in the number of fires in the city I live in one approach would be to ban matches. It'd be dumb but yo
by hackeraccount 4y ago
Plastic bags are like matches. If there was an increase in the number of fires in the city I live in one approach would be to ban matches. It'd be dumb but you could do that and who knows it might even work. Another approach would be to get people to use matches responsibly.
Same with plastic bags. Figure out why people aren't tossing them in a bin and how to get them to do it. Would it be better if there weren't landfills with metric tons of plastic bags in them? Sure but it's way worse if the streets and harbor are filled with plastic bags - from an aesthetic point of view if nothing else.
- zwkrt 4y agoplastic are like cigarette butts. They get used one time for someone’s slight convenience and then litter the landscape for years.
- flaviut 4y agoI've started fires before. It's not easy. It requires a lot of thought and effort. Throwing a bag on the ground, on the other hand... > Figure out why people aren't tossing them in a bin and how to get them to do it. Expected benefit: clean car Expected cost: 0.000% change of $400 fine It's not surprising people behave according to their incentives.