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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
autotldr t1_iyds8xu wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)
> The new rules, which will have to be approved by EU member states and the European parliament, are intended to tackle the surge in plastic and other packaging waste.
> The EU passed a law in 2019 to ban the most common single-use plastic items, such as plastic cutlery, stirrers and straws, but officials want to go further to tackle soaring amounts of packaging rubbish.
> Under the latest proposals, EU member states would have to reduce packaging waste per capita by 15% by 2040 compared with 2018.
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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.
gburgwardt t1_iydzevx wrote
Yes, and consumers will be pushed toward cheaper alternatives. That's the point
ToughQuestions9465 t1_iydzjuf wrote
Until someone uses an alternative and undercuts their competitors, gaining an advantage.
Commercial-Berry-640 t1_iyesib4 wrote
This is the way
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.
gburgwardt t1_iyet5c2 wrote
Just price in the externality and problem solved
Overweighover t1_iyf1p7x wrote
But I though plastic recycling was working
autotldr t1_iydj4e2 wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)
> The new rules, which will have to be approved by EU member states and the European parliament, are intended to tackle the surge in plastic and other packaging waste.
> The EU passed a law in 2019 to ban the most common single-use plastic items, such as plastic cutlery, stirrers and straws, but officials want to go further to tackle soaring amounts of packaging rubbish.
> Under the latest proposals, EU member states would have to reduce packaging waste per capita by 15% by 2040 compared with 2018.
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: packaged^#1 plastic^#2 Commission^#3 waste^#4 single-use^#5