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Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024
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Time for the beneficiary's of these companies to start footing the bill for cleaning up their garbage.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6BdB99CSs4/?igsh=M21mYmh1Z3N1OXJt
Nah, best we can do is privatize the profits and let the public pay the costs.
That is a good idea. I wouldn't want to loose the convenience of buying coke in a plastic bottle. So instead, make these firms legally commit to investing in clean up programs so at least some of the litter will be recovered.
Coke in glass or metal is indistinguishable.
Let's just use the leverage of it being so few companies to force them to do what's right.
Glass is just as convenient
It doesn't work like that. The biggest danger of plastic waste is that it can release microplastics into our waterways and food supply. You can clean up tossed bottles, but you can't clean microplastics.