my actual biggest wish, which I will never get because the administrative costs would be astronomical, is that the cost added to goods be directly tied to their recyclability (both in materials and labor) as it would incentivize building more easily recycled products by manufacturers to keep costs competitive.
Interesting point. I guess the price of the individual product won’t be differentiated based on cost of recycling, but there will still be an incentive for retailers and therefore manufacturers to make products last longer, which might be better in the long run?
beefontoast@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What about the reduction in costs from having to collect flytipping of items down countryside lanes? That could offset.
patchexempt@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
that’s a good point, I would love it to work out that way. I’m not super optimistic (esp since electronics aren’t the things I typically see, but that’s just my experience/bias), but it could help.