03-09-2019, 11:18 AM
My suggestion: Tax the sh!t out of it
Already happening. Can't return my single-use plastic water bottles unless I remove the cap from each and every single one, and I have several bags of them.
Solution: stainless steel water bottle, refilled from the County taps.
Side effects: less revenue for the retailer, less HI5 and GET for the State.
If plastic isn't used, it doesn't need to be recycled.
True, but at the same time, fighting the problem from multiple angles would increase the overall success. Instead, we import plastic (no manufacturing here) and then export it again (still no manufacturing here).
State's ban on single-use plastics is well-intentioned but unlikely to survive legal challenge, because interstate commerce = instant Federal pre-emption. (See also: the carve-out in the styrofoam ban.)
Already happening. Can't return my single-use plastic water bottles unless I remove the cap from each and every single one, and I have several bags of them.
Solution: stainless steel water bottle, refilled from the County taps.
Side effects: less revenue for the retailer, less HI5 and GET for the State.
If plastic isn't used, it doesn't need to be recycled.
True, but at the same time, fighting the problem from multiple angles would increase the overall success. Instead, we import plastic (no manufacturing here) and then export it again (still no manufacturing here).
State's ban on single-use plastics is well-intentioned but unlikely to survive legal challenge, because interstate commerce = instant Federal pre-emption. (See also: the carve-out in the styrofoam ban.)