streetfestival@lemmy.ca to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTexas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycledwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down16cross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoThe free market got us into this mess because we don’t price in externalities; forcing companies to cover the cost of disposal of their packaging helps fix that. It’s the same idea as a carbon tax
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohow’s that carbon tax been working out, huh?
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoProbably not as well as cap and trade would have, but better than nothing
The free market got us into this mess because we don’t price in externalities; forcing companies to cover the cost of disposal of their packaging helps fix that. It’s the same idea as a carbon tax
how’s that carbon tax been working out, huh?
Probably not as well as cap and trade would have, but better than nothing