> Only socialized garbage dispossal works. Absolutely. In Netherland, there's a general attitude that the polluter has to pay for it, which I generally agree w

> Only socialized garbage dispossal works. Absolutely. In Netherland, there's a general attitude that the polluter has to pay for it, which I generally agree with. The problem is that this means cities will charge money for garbage disposal, sometimes even locking trash containers so they can only be used by residents, but all of that just encourage people to dump their trash somewhere else. Garbage collection has to be free. It's the only way it's going to work. If you're going to tax it, you need to tax it at the point of production, not the point of disposal. I'm all for a heavy tax on disposable single-use plastic packaging, for example. Encourage alternatives, don't encourage littering.