Justavian

Justavian t1_je15kve wrote

Establish recycling centers at their own expense where they pay the consumer (or municipalities as a whole) to bring their plastic bottles back. If they pay something - even a cent per bottle, there would be a huge incentive to collect bottles and return them, as they are produced in such huge numbers.

As it is right now, companies justify the massive amounts of plastic they produce by saying "Hey, it can all be recycled! We're basically making no waste at all." Understanding all the way that certain types of plastics cannot easily be recycled - maybe your city recycles that kind and maybe not.

The idea is to make companies pay for the clean up of their products one way or another, particularly when they produce single use items.

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