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gburgwardt t1_iydoom5 wrote

15% over 20 years is pretty weak

Just tax plastic, this isn’t difficult. That’ll account for the externalities from plastic waste and encourage manufacturers to switch to alternatives

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griffsor t1_iydzbz3 wrote

Or those companies will just increase the price of the product because the big bad government taxed them more.

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gburgwardt t1_iydzevx wrote

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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ToughQuestions9465 t1_iydzjuf wrote

Until someone uses an alternative and undercuts their competitors, gaining an advantage.

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