Yeah this has always been the case but sadly it’s just not how things roll in 2025.
I’ve always said, impose a levy on any product which contains plastic of any kind, and watch how quickly producers transition to something else. Start at 1% and increase by 1% per year. I bet plastic packaging would all but disappear from the super market by 2030.
The single use plastics thing makes me grumpy because it doesn’t address the problem, but makes consumers feel like they’ve shouldered some of the burden so the problem must be fixed now.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Yeah this has always been the case but sadly it’s just not how things roll in 2025.
I’ve always said, impose a levy on any product which contains plastic of any kind, and watch how quickly producers transition to something else. Start at 1% and increase by 1% per year. I bet plastic packaging would all but disappear from the super market by 2030.
The single use plastics thing makes me grumpy because it doesn’t address the problem, but makes consumers feel like they’ve shouldered some of the burden so the problem must be fixed now.