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Speedoflife81 t1_itsqktn wrote

Reply to comment by WartimeHotTot in Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse by chrisdh79

Taxes might work better than bans since we're so reliant on plastics now. Increase the cost of packaging for companies and they will come up with solutions to stop using it.

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WartimeHotTot t1_itt3kdh wrote

I'm not sure about that. I think there's a good chance they'll just pass it on to the consumer.

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Speedoflife81 t1_itu22a9 wrote

In the near term yes but it should also shift demand away from those products and we'd see some easy fixes. I think it would have to be a significant tax, otherwise it wouldn't work

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