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Re:Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (2018) by bjarneh on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:26PM (#25297455)
> Tax will not make it go away, only make it more expensive to people on a budget

This is a matter of the size of the tax. If a Snickers bar was slapped with a $30 plastic tax, you can be sure Snickers would not come wrapped in plastic tomorrow.

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Re:Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (2018) by varispeed on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:33AM (#25300562)
It would come "from the back of the van". If there is a demand and supply vacuum (product not available at a price majority of people who wants it can afford), then you'll find brave people wanting to make extra money on the side and simply dealing these.
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