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I've been wanting to post an Ask HN on this: What's to stop us from going back to steel, paper and glass? You know, packaging we can actually recycle.
by AceyMan 2y ago
I've been wanting to post an Ask HN on this: What's to stop us from going back to steel, paper and glass? You know, packaging we can actually recycle.
- namdnay 2y agoConvenience
- nick3443 2y agoProfits
- Pasorrijer 2y agoLast three years I've been in the Netherlands, all pop was glass bottles, similar with most water
- vpribish 2y agoclose the externality with a carbon tax
- apothegm 2y agoCost differences and price sensitivity.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoAnd more importantly, how much of a tax would it take to make single-use plastic bottles uneconomical? Are we talking 20 cents?
- Ma8ee 2y agoNot very much. I rarely buy beverages in anything else than aluminium, glass or cardboard. For some food stuff, like meat, cheese and some vegetables I think it is hard to get rid of plastics completely, but you can easily reduce the amount by 80%-90%.
- marcosdumay 2y agoMaking those things emits a lot more pollution than plastics. And costs a lot more too.
- Ma8ee 2y agoWhy do you think so?