Comment on Call for UK ban on single-use vapes as more than 5m discarded each week
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months agoStopping a producer selling it in a country is putting the onus on the producer.
I don't think the narrative of producer v consumer is particularly helpful. Any regulation that hits the producer will also hit the consumer.
I'd be all for a ban on plastic bottles, but you need proper glass bottle deposit schemes in place first
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I think it is helpful.
Consumers can only buy what’s on the shelves. If we limit production then the former isn’t an issue.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
Whether a producer is prohibited from producing or selling has zero affect on the UK consumer. I agree that a ban on production would be good, but in the vast majority of cases these are overseas producers, so that can't be legislated for.
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Then wouldn’t we regulate the imports.
No Asda you can’t import from X because they do Y?
Not trying to argue here, just want to be more informed.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
I very much doubt that there are any products being imported - because they can’t be sold - so no need to regulate that.
The only thing I can see where a ban on production would help with is if the UK was home to a big manufacturer-exporter of straws etc. But that doesn’t seem very likely.
Appreciate thr discussion and happy to have my position changed if I’m on the wrong track