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It helps, but without other controls (which may exist, of course) it means that the shittiest manufacturer wins. If company A makes a product that is cheap to
by Libcat99 3y ago
It helps, but without other controls (which may exist, of course) it means that the shittiest manufacturer wins.
If company A makes a product that is cheap to make, but expensive to recycle, and company B makes a product that is expensive to make but has recycling as a core value, and thus is cheap to recycle, company B loses when they have to take on company A's device after a sale.
The costs should be on the original manufacturer and as such, reflected in the purchase price.
- em-bee 3y agowell, in most cases you don't buy directly from the manufacturer but from a shop who can send the device to the original manufacturer if appropriate. but i have also doubt that anything can be so expensive to recycle that it would cause a problem. how big could possibly be the difference between an expensive to recycle washing machine and a cheap one? not to mention laws that favor the use of materials that are easy to recycle. and a brief search suggests that some in europe are considering taxes for the use of difficult to recycle materials, like plastic.