>The alternative to regulation is innovation That's a very easy but hand-wavy thing to say. How exactly would your suggestion work? Are the companies supposed

>The alternative to regulation is innovation That's a very easy but hand-wavy thing to say. How exactly would your suggestion work? Are the companies supposed to share their findings from this forced research with the world? What happens if they happen to discover something that doesn't help with the plastic problem but does improve their bottom line somehow? I can't see this functioning in any way whatsoever.