TIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.
TIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.
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More than I assumed, tbh. We need to start taxing plastic bottles.
How the hell are plastic bottles going to pay taxes? Let's not even think about giving them jobs when unemployment is already high.
If you make a plastic bottle you get taxed. If you put something in a plastic bottle to resell, you get taxed. If you import a plastic bottle for any reason, believe it or not, taxed.
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The market would open wide for filling aeevices, where you bring your own reusable bottle. Also, water should be free and not put in bottles at all.
It's unfair to blame capitalism when the state obviously failed (even if through lobbying) to deliver clean water. Other countries have no such problems. Water is basically free where I live.
We have huge taxes on single use bags, and more taxes are coming.
Arguably, it just needs to be taxed to offset the costs of cleaning up the plastic waste in the environment which could potentially make it much more expensive than glass.
Citizens being able to afford food and drink is already a bare minimum policy that the cost of disposable bottles shouldn't affect in any way, shape, or form. If the average costs rise then so should EBT/SNAP benefits, for example.
"Killing Capitalism" eh? I'll bite, whats your idea?
The way we do it here in Germany is that all bottles make you pay a deposit, which you get back, if you return them to a collection point (e.g. at a supermarket).
According to this article it's working really well, with return rates of 98%.
So at least for most bottles there is a proven solution.
I mean, we can’t even tax billionaires properly!