As industry apologists are constantly telling us, there is simply no substitute for plastics’ usefulness and versatility. Yet all that yummy awesomeness comes at a cost. It’s quite nicely externalized, so the ones making the plastic and profiting from the plastic are not liable for the costs. And as long as that remains true, there’s no economic incentive to come up with a market-friendly way to mitigate these costs.
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