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> For example: what would it cost Amazon if they were charged a recycling fee for all single-use packaging by the state California? The bigger question is what
by ars 4y ago
> For example: what would it cost Amazon if they were charged a recycling fee for all single-use packaging by the state California?
The bigger question is what would it cost the planet. For Amazon to collect and recycle the packages, rather than the local municipality, would enormously increase the amount of emissions created.
You would be making things much much much worse.
- altairprime 4y agoFor Amazon to be forced to charge to the customer a small fee for each package shipped, modeled after the electronics recycling fee that California requires to be charged and disclosed at time of purchase, would create a financial risk to their revenue stream, by forcing Amazon to charge customers a fee for every different box and bag used — not to mention compelling customers to use the “reduce number of boxes” option by default, which forces Amazon to absorb the consolidation cost previous externalized by cheap shipping from multiple depots back into their logistics chain. Given only this one example, do those risks reach the levels of potential impact necessary to compel its disclosure in public filings? Are there other examples?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoThe cheap shipping from multiple depots may be cheap because it's more efficient than consolidating first, so it may be making the situation worse.