Because it promotes recycling instead of being another tax.
Recycling an object almost always means destroying it.
A tax would also promote recycling, since that would avoid the tax?
How's that different to current asking for recycling and fining on incompliance?
The difference is that a tax can be per-item, and doesn't need as much regulatory and legal machinery.
Recycling an object almost always means destroying it.
A tax would also promote recycling, since that would avoid the tax?
How's that different to current asking for recycling and fining on incompliance?
The difference is that a tax can be per-item, and doesn't need as much regulatory and legal machinery.