A Boring Dystopia

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Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how's that carbon tax been working out, huh?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Probably not as well as cap and trade would have, but better than nothing