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Wouldn't it be better to tax all disposable objects in proportion to their impact on the environment or something like that? These single shot bans seem easy to
by simgt 2y ago
Wouldn't it be better to tax all disposable objects in proportion to their impact on the environment or something like that? These single shot bans seem easy to go around.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoThat's not going to get rid of trash, its just going to remove more money from people's wallets as the tax gets passed to them. Might even open up a black market like we see with nyc cigarette taxes. Maybe if the tax went to local street cleanup initiatives or something it might do a sliver of good, but that's just one sort of litter out of the rest.
- hedora 2y agoIt would do a lot to reduce the amount of single use plastic packaging. Sure, the plastic Coke bottle costs 1-2 cents less than the glass one, but the ecological problems it creates are at least an order of magnitude higher than that. If Coke can either increase their prices by $0.01 or $0.10, and the $0.01 option is preferred by consumers, their choice will be clear.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoIt always depends to what scale you chose to measure the harm. Environmental plastic pollution? Sure plastic is way worse. Less broken glass on the sidewalk? Now that plastic is saving your kid and your dog a hospital trip. We are also assuming making the glass bottle is more environmentally friendly than making the plastic one.
- NullPrefix 2y agoThrowing plastic bottles on the sidewalk is plain littering. Throwing glass bottles is not just littering. Someone throwing glass bottles around definitely knows what he's doing and should be dealt with accordingly
- PeterStuer 2y agoIn Belgium you already pay a specific 'disposal' fee when you purchase an appliance. This is on top of the regular sales tax of tyically 21%.
- wkat4242 2y agoBut most people don't recycle them, just dump them on a street corner or in a normal waste bin. This is really the problem. So much lithium is wasted and this is very heavy on the environment to extract.
- 28304283409234 2y agoAll disposable items should be made illegal by default
- NullPrefix 2y agoCondoms too? Or do you suggest people wash them for reuse?
- 28304283409234 2y agoI have no answer for that. This does not mean there is no answer (yet). But if we never say "enough!" we can rest assured that nobody will ever innovate beyond what we currently have.