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loegyesterday at 4:55 PM1 replyview on HN

You could internalize the cost of waste more generically by charging appropriately for landfill use and letting producers decide how much it's worth avoiding waste. Instead of just banning a particular waste stream by a particular industry, with distortive consequences.


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rzwitserlootyesterday at 6:18 PM

Yes, and that sounds like a better plan, but evidently that requires more political capital than is available.

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