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loeglast Saturday at 4:56 PM1 replyview on HN

It in fact does cost them more to give things than to destroy them.


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rzwitserlootlast Saturday at 6:20 PM

... and it costs society more to process the destroyed waste, and it costs society more to then deal with the fallout of shelters not having enough clothes.

Or not. Who knows. The point is, this 'economically it is more efficient' is not a proven case because the externalities need to be taken into account, and so far the person I've been responding to seems to not understand this part, or is ignoring it.

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