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minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·6 months agoIt pisses me off that we have to pay any fee at all when we aren’t the ones who choose a product’s packaging. Companies should be paying the whole thing … including recycling costs. Then maybe they’d start packaging responsibly.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoFor things that can’t be recycled, I would agree. But if it can be, then it still needs to be brought to a recycling facility to make that happen. Without this incentive, a lot more of it will end up in landfills.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoHave you kept and reused every glass or metal container you’ve had?
It pisses me off that we have to pay any fee at all when we aren’t the ones who choose a product’s packaging.
Companies should be paying the whole thing … including recycling costs. Then maybe they’d start packaging responsibly.
For things that can’t be recycled, I would agree. But if it can be, then it still needs to be brought to a recycling facility to make that happen. Without this incentive, a lot more of it will end up in landfills.
Glass and metal are pretty reusable 😅
Have you kept and reused every glass or metal container you’ve had?