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We basically need to increase the cost of plastic to account for all externalities. It's a super material, it needs to cost as much as competing natural materi
by oblio 1y ago
We basically need to increase the cost of plastic to account for all externalities.
It's a super material, it needs to cost as much as competing natural materials: nylon - silk, whatever plastic bottles are made of - glass/aluminum, whatever packaging is made of - paper/textiles, whatever containers are made of - wood/steel/aluminum/etc. Similar story for paints.
Basically, excises, but for plastic instead of just alcohol and tobacco.
We do this, plastic starts being used just where it really makes sense.
- mavhc 1y agoWe need to increase the cost of everything to account for all externalities. This will also encourage people to invent things to reduce the cost of the externalities, win win
- oblio 1y agoRollercoaster of a comment, that one of mine. Down voters: why not comment why not? The market is clearly failing. I count a possible solution is 50+ years as failure.