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You're ignoring pretty much all industrial use of plastic, which is a huge contributor to plastic use. All your other points are essentially "If you paid way m
by rcme 4y ago
You're ignoring pretty much all industrial use of plastic, which is a huge contributor to plastic use.
All your other points are essentially "If you paid way more, then plastic wouldn't be necessary." However, if you paid more, then you'd have less money for other stuff. So clearly plastic is necessary for our current levels of consumption.
- littlestymaar 4y agoAll over-packaging plastic use aren't at all related to paying more. In fact, it costs more to put additional plastic wraps around product to make “bundles” …
- mrtranscendence 4y agoIf the bundling prevents breakage, which prevents customer support requests / returns ...
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoGenerally speaking when you see some boring industry with margins too tiny to indulge in cargo cutting doing something it's because that something offers measurable (and therefore quantifiable improvement to the bottom line, usually by undercutting competition.
- dweinus 4y agoI think you're both right: the current global level of consumption not sustainable, or necessary. Everybody wants a healthy planet, almost nobody wants to volunteer to consume less. Regulation is needed, and it will mean we have to consume less. I realize that's not what anyone wants to hear. On top of that, I think we need social safety nets that prevent the burden from simply crushing the poor while the rich continue to over-consume. In the climate crisis we are trying to pay off generations worth of CO2 debt and we haven't even stopped digging the hole deeper yet.