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Re:Germany to meet EU guidelines to ban single-use plastics ... by mperham on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:43PM (#23763817)
Loopholes are so maddening. We need to ensure full lifecycle consideration for all consumer products. If it doesn't decompose within N years, the manufacturer needs to have a recycling solution. The current situation has the free market degrading our public environment for private profit. As you note, why should a 1mm bag be banned but a 2mm bag be ok?
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Re:Germany to meet EU guidelines to ban single-use plastics ... by iso947 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:54PM (#23763948)
The cost to the environment should be borne upfront, with the benefit from recycling refunded at delivery (like bottle taxes)

A good start would be a carbon tax, but crucially it would have to apply to imports too

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