Comment on Put a £5 deposit on vapes to stop fires, say waste companies
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago100%. Deposit systems create a “scavenger class” of people. Imagine a deposit on:
- Aluminium cans
- Glass bottles
- Vapes
…and then introduce legislation requiring reusable (and deposit-managed) fast food containers and overnight you’ve solved a massive part of municipal waste costs.
makingrain@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
In the UK we should have deposits for everything. Mattresses, TVs, all the shit that people could pay a nominal fee to have disposed of, but are either too thick or are happy to blight their streets with fly-tipped goods.