What’s happens to the cost of healthcare when the only plastic that can be generated goes into the medical field and now they can’t produce at scale? IV tubing will cost 500$.
Plastic is cheap because it is easy to produce at scale.
It’s a highly complicated problem and in my opinion the best solution is to figure out how to consume plastic for the beneficial production of something else without killing the environment.
Chemical recycling is a promising technology. Combined with taxing garbage or otherwise financially penalizing the generation of trash. True recycling could generate renewable credits that could be sold to companies like the medical industry which would lead to the funding of recycling programs by industry generating the waste.
While also generating revenue for the government and giving consumers a reason to reduce plastic consumption.
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u/battyaf Oct 24 '24
the only single use plastic should be used for the medical industry, unless theres another desperate need that i cant think of…