Re:As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling
by michaelbuckbee on Saturday March 16, 2019 @08:25PM
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What's missing from the "profitability" equation are all the costs that are pushed elsewhere:
- polluted water so we're all injesting micro plastics
- polluted air as the manufacturing is a mess
- increased energy consumption to manufacture "perfect" looking packaging.
These all have real, hard, cash driven consequences that aren't factored into the normal profitability equation.
- polluted water so we're all injesting micro plastics - polluted air as the manufacturing is a mess - increased energy consumption to manufacture "perfect" looking packaging.
These all have real, hard, cash driven consequences that aren't factored into the normal profitability equation.