Then the tax needs to be high enough to make glass bottles cost the same amount. Which means poor people won’t be able to afford water, lol. Taxes do not solve problems caused by the money themselves. We don’t need more taxes, we need to kill capitalism
The market would open wide for filling aeevices, where you bring your own reusable bottle. Also, water should be free and not put in bottles at all.
It’s unfair to blame capitalism when the state obviously failed (even if through lobbying) to deliver clean water. Other countries have no such problems. Water is basically free where I live.
We have huge taxes on single use bags, and more taxes are coming.
Arguably, it just needs to be taxed to offset the costs of cleaning up the plastic waste in the environment which could potentially make it much more expensive than glass.
Citizens being able to afford food and drink is already a bare minimum policy that the cost of disposable bottles shouldn’t affect in any way, shape, or form. If the average costs rise then so should EBT/SNAP benefits, for example.
“Killing Capitalism” eh? I’ll bite, whats your idea?
The way we do it here in Germany is that all bottles make you pay a deposit, which you get back, if you return them to a collection point (e.g. at a supermarket).
According to this article it’s working really well, with return rates of 98%.
So at least for most bottles there is a proven solution.
Then the tax needs to be high enough to make glass bottles cost the same amount. Which means poor people won’t be able to afford water, lol. Taxes do not solve problems caused by the money themselves. We don’t need more taxes, we need to kill capitalism
The market would open wide for filling aeevices, where you bring your own reusable bottle. Also, water should be free and not put in bottles at all.
It’s unfair to blame capitalism when the state obviously failed (even if through lobbying) to deliver clean water. Other countries have no such problems. Water is basically free where I live.
We have huge taxes on single use bags, and more taxes are coming.
Arguably, it just needs to be taxed to offset the costs of cleaning up the plastic waste in the environment which could potentially make it much more expensive than glass.
Citizens being able to afford food and drink is already a bare minimum policy that the cost of disposable bottles shouldn’t affect in any way, shape, or form. If the average costs rise then so should EBT/SNAP benefits, for example.
“Killing Capitalism” eh? I’ll bite, whats your idea?
The way we do it here in Germany is that all bottles make you pay a deposit, which you get back, if you return them to a collection point (e.g. at a supermarket).
According to this article it’s working really well, with return rates of 98%.
So at least for most bottles there is a proven solution.