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agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It was implemented as a symbol. I described it above.

The entire idea, similar to the carbon footprint, are attempts by the fossil industry to shift responsibility away from them and towards consumers. We from BP and BASF would love to stop pollution, but you guys keep throwing away the bottle caps! So they lobby the European Parliament to enact such regulations, the Parliament can act like they actually did something and the industry can keep producing plastics.

Yes, other solutions would cost more money. But these solutions would have at least a realistic chance to change something.

Remember the straight cucumber regulation? That was demanded by the retail industry. So it’s not like the EU doesn’t enact regulations for some lobby groups.

And if you think these caps are doing anything, the fossil industry fooled you successfully.

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