I’m thankful I saw these pictures, if deeply unsettled. We can’t (just) take an individualized approach to a solution, which is an artifact of the 80s and 90s

I’m thankful I saw these pictures, if deeply unsettled. We can’t (just) take an individualized approach to a solution, which is an artifact of the 80s and 90s when corporations and governments shifted responsibility to the individual to recycle a water bottle, for example. It seems like the best solution is to impose a waste reduction fee that is built into price that pays for ewaste reduction. This could empower Ghanaians to build out this as a safer industry. How much would that fee be? And who would spend the political capital to enact such a tariff? That’s the part that feels impossible.