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Why is that bad to be responsible for it? I don't like the take that I often see, that "these big companies are responsible for Y% of total pollution, yet I hav
by matsemann 3y ago
Why is that bad to be responsible for it? I don't like the take that I often see, that "these big companies are responsible for Y% of total pollution, yet I have to use a paper straw" or similar. Like, why are those companies so big offenders? Because they're providing the products we as consumers consume.
If the external costs of our consumption got priced into what we have to pay, it could actually shift behavior. Companies not polluting as much would win, as their products would be cheaper and gain market share etc.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThe parent poster's complaint is that industry "messed up the recycling labels", which is true; the recyling logo is basically meaningless. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chasing-arrows-plastic-recycling-symbol-may-get-tossed-in-the-trash/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chasing-arrows-plastic-recyclin... > The EPA agrees. In April, the agency recommended the Federal Trade Commission get rid of the chasing arrows recycling symbol for plastics, calling it "deceptive or misleading." > But not every plastic with the symbol on it can be easily recycled. Inside the chasing arrows symbol sits a small number, called a resin identification code, or RIC. "The numbers were to communicate to people sorting the plastics, how recyclable they are on a scale from 1 to 7," said O'Neill. "It wasn't ever a signal to consumers to say, hey, all of this is recyclable." O'Neill said the numbers 1 and 2 are for the hard plastics found in things like containers and bottles. But items with the other numbers, 3 through 7, are more difficult to recycle.