Right. My worry is that if we make more capacity for burning stuff, then we will consume that capacity, rather than reducing the demand for burning stuff.
I’m not an expert in waste management, but on the face of it, seems counter intuitive.
A part of me still dies when I come home from a weekly shop with so much plastic. I wonder why we don’t refill our milk bottles for example… Meat packaging is tricker.
Right. My worry is that if we make more capacity for burning stuff, then we will consume that capacity, rather than reducing the demand for burning stuff.
I’m not an expert in waste management, but on the face of it, seems counter intuitive.
A part of me still dies when I come home from a weekly shop with so much plastic. I wonder why we don’t refill our milk bottles for example… Meat packaging is tricker.
Same energy as:
The term is called induced demand btw
Thanks! That’s a term worth remembering!