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gburgwardt t1_iydzevx wrote

Reply to comment by griffsor in EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste by misana123

Yes, and consumers will be pushed toward cheaper alternatives. That's the point

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Odin52573 t1_iyesnby wrote

The problem with that is that plastic is cheap as hell and not recycling helps a lot with that price.

You need to make everything 200-300% more expensive for anything to be cost competitive and even that would not mean much.

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gburgwardt t1_iyet5c2 wrote

Just price in the externality and problem solved

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