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counting bags instead of measuring total plastic weight is peak policy theater. yeah fewer bags on beaches looks good in a chart, but if each one's 50x thicker
by b0a04gl 1y ago
counting bags instead of measuring total plastic weight is peak policy theater. yeah fewer bags on beaches looks good in a chart, but if each one's 50x thicker now, congrats you just upgraded the pollution class without fixing the problem. are we're optimizing for optics again. where's the data on mass per capita per disposal cycle?
- anigbrowl 1y agoYou have a point but it's also kinda flawed. The marginal cost to pick up a thick plastic bag is the same as that of a thin one - perhaps even a bit less as it is less likely to tear and disintegrate, and more likely to either be reusable or return some of its stored energy if burnt. So if there are only half as many bags to pick up, the cost of mitigation goes down proportionally.