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pykrete_golem t1_j2nwfke wrote

Reply to comment by Crapital_Prunishment in Tobacco firms to partly pay for clean-up of butts by egapx

Or we could punish a small number of for profit organizations that caused this problem in the pursuit of profits.

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Crapital_Prunishment t1_j2nxlvc wrote

Both are responsible, but no amount of advertising makes it okay for the individual to litter. Everything that happens after purchase is the consumer's responsibility.

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chapstick__ t1_j2oqmwe wrote

No it's not, that's exactly the kind of rhetoric used when companies switched from reusable glass bottles to plastic. Of course the things that do not break down and cannot be reused will cause more garbage. Cigarettes butts used to be able to decompose like anything else, and now they don't so they look like an eye sore. Companies need to be charged for any and all waste they put out into the world until they make better packaging that can decompose or be reused.

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