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JohnR · 08-03-2018, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by zimmy

I think there is a great misunderstanding about the waste cycle. Into the trash often times doesn't equate to into the landfill for eternity. Anyway, if people in Seattle don't like it, they will vote out the council or bring their own straws. They won't need the government to wipe anything for them.
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Improve the recycling

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Originally Posted by wdmso

let bring this back a bit

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WTH were you the last dozen years?

scottw · 08-03-2018, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

WTH were you the last dozen years?

yeah...didn't they call it "new normal" back then?

zimmy · 08-03-2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Improve the recycling

You willing to fund that with your tax dollars? It isn't in the interest of the recycling companies to do that. They recycle for profit. They have no incentive to upgrade all the machinery even if the technology existed The market in China for recycled material has dried up as it is. I understand people view this as solely a personal freedom issue, but when the stuff someone uses becomes an external problem, personal freedom has limits. The impact of plastic on wildlife, and fisheries in particular, is dramatic and the cost to purchase a straw or plastic bag doesn't come close to the economic impact associated with them as waste.

How about this? Tax the straws at a rate that will allow the recycling companies to upgrade the machinery to collect the straws for recycling. Probably end up being a few cents per straw given the 500 million a day that are used in USA. All the tax goes to fund upgrades. Temporary tax of a year or two, whatever is needed. Pretty sure a bunch of people that are upset about local ordinances banning straws would be equally upset about a tax to deal with the problem.