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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by nicoburns on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @10:27AM (#19728912)
> No you're right, we should go back to not having cheap, affordable packaging the world over

We really should. Plastic packaging is only cheap because the environmental cost is externalised. And reused glass / cardboard is not even that much more expensive. Long-term to medium-term plastic packaging is going to be a lot more costly.

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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by frankbreetz on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @10:30AM (#19728935)
I agree, how is it anti-capitalist to make things cost what they cost? The disposal of things should be built into the purchase price. Currently, the tax payers shoulder the majority of this burden
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