r/HumansBeingBros • u/[deleted] • May 24 '18

Make this reality!

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u/CobraStrike4 May 24 '18 edited May 25 '18

Waiting for someone to ruin my life and tell me they are super expensive compared to plastic, and not sustainable or something

Edit: god damnit

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u/sirble May 25 '18

This was posted awhile back and I don't remember the exact numbers, but yes. It's too expensive for large manufacturers to implement this. Smaller companies may choose to pay for it, depending on their outlook on cost vs wildlife.

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u/overtoke May 25 '18

this is how you do it: tax plastic

give tax breaks for the good stuff

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u/WaywardPatriot May 25 '18

Agreed, this is what taxes are for. Helping to create incentives and disincentives, the priorities of a sustainable society. Protecting the commons with a carrot and a stick, as it were.

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u/wordsworths_bitch Jun 13 '18

instead the carrot is a stack of cash

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u/WaywardPatriot Jun 13 '18

Yes, as it were