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Sep 14, 2022Liked by Tony Maiorana

Nice article that illustrates the complexity of the issue. "Trading one problem for another" is exactly right on proposed paper-based substitutes.

The legislative route in the US is almost certainly doomed to fail despite CA's efforts. There is too much industry push-back. Too many companies (their marketers and lawyers included) think it isn't their problem and refuse to contribute, hence the continued lobbying against rulemaking. A tragedy of the commons is imminent...

The faith in the free market is completely misplaced as we are witnessing a total market failure in this scenario. There has to be a combination of carrots and sticks. People in the US mock the EU approach as "socialistic", but they are getting better results and I don't see a lot companies going bankrupt due to the new plastic levies.

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100% and I think similar concerns were raised over the clean air act and clean water act but everything turned out fine and conditions improved. It’s almost like this stuff works!

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A prior version of this post featured comments and quotes from people that were not cleared by their employers and have since been deleted. Sorry.

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