> And yet no national government will ban single use plastic bottles. The Nordic countries have a deposit system by which the population is highly incentivized

> And yet no national government will ban single use plastic bottles. The Nordic countries have a deposit system by which the population is highly incentivized to return the bottle to the supermarket, the deposit is so high and one can get cash back, not just store credit. Even if a consumer feels well-off enough to just throw the bottle in a normal bin (or, as often the case with people boozing in parks, is too drunk to dispose of the bottle), hungry students or migrants will seize on the chance to return the bottle themselves and get the deposit back. This system seems so effective that no one even talks about a ban.