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worldsayshilast Wednesday at 8:16 AM1 replyview on HN

The industry isn't getting forced to pay for the pollution they are causing anyway. They don't need to point at initiatives like this to avoid that.

People with brooms are not an argument for people making a mess to carry on what they are doing.


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ZeroGravitaslast Wednesday at 8:37 AM

They are in many jurisdictions for a variety of products:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_producer_responsibili...

> Passing responsibility to producers as polluters is not only a matter of environmental policy but also the most effective means of achieving higher environmental standards in product design

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