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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by moltar on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @03:07PM (#17410878)
I’ve teavelled entire Taiwan by car and did not notice any excessive dumping.
Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by wutbrodo on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @04:54PM (#17411776)
Yes, and that's a dataset of n=1. Things like littering have a million different factors go into them, including culture. It's not unreasonable to think that in other cultures, increasing the incentive to litter would in fact increase litter.
Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by quantum_magpie on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @10:40PM (#17413660)
An exponential fine on littering would, however, absolutely destroy any incentives on littering. Starting with $10^n, where n is the n'th time you are caught littering. Also a corporate fine for dumping trash and waste illegally, $1000^n.

It really is not hard to take care of your environment!