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griffsor t1_iydzbz3 wrote

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

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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