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Originally Posted by Dowaco
Companies already make recyclable containers, some stores already discount for using your own bags. So as I see it, they are already bearing a highly significant economic role. What more do you want them to do? Charging the consumer more for the privilege of using a recycled container is not the answer.
Yes, the consumer has 100% of the responsibility for what happens to a container once he buys it and whatever it contains. Companies do make an effort to conserve since it impacts their bottom line.
Consumers cleaning a bottle wastes energy since the bottler will have to re-clean and sterilize it anyway. Some containers are not reused but are melted down to be reformed into any number of recycled products. The only party not "forced" to participate is the consumer, and you want to in effect "tax" him into compliance by raising prices to encourage recycling. I am not convinced that is the right thing to do.
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the cosumer will bear the cost of any changes improvements or otherwise to packaging, and environmentally sound alternatives is very very expensive for some consumer items. We as consumers pay and pay and pay for convenience. Like I said before, in light of whether the cost is borne by the consumer or otherwise, the issue is moot, we are choking our planet with crap