LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Political MemesEnglish · 6 months agoWho agrees?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down113
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minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoI think it should work like bottle deposits. Make producers pay a fee per unit of crap they make - plastic, forever chemicals, whatever - and then refund them based on the amount they can remove from the environment and store safely.
minus-squareuntorquerlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoPasses the deposit cost to the consumer with an added fee.
minus-squareBoomer Humor DoomergodlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoGood, then people will have a reason not to use plastic containers and the market will finally account for externalities
minus-squareuntorquerlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoGestures helplessly at the endless sections with plastic containers as the only option hoping to convey that consumer choice is a myth.
I think it should work like bottle deposits.
Make producers pay a fee per unit of crap they make - plastic, forever chemicals, whatever - and then refund them based on the amount they can remove from the environment and store safely.
Passes the deposit cost to the consumer with an added fee.
Good, then people will have a reason not to use plastic containers and the market will finally account for externalities
Gestures helplessly at the endless sections with plastic containers as the only option hoping to convey that consumer choice is a myth.