[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006 Aug 29, at 12:20 PM, A Dramatic Effect wrote:
> Kim Holburn [kim at holburn.net] wrote:
>> Why shouldn't you pay for things that are going to end up as
>> landfill?  If you charge at the tip then people will find nasty ways
>> of avoiding the tip like putting their rubbish in other people's
>> wheelie bins, dumping it in the bush etc, etc.  If you move the
>> charge to the other end of the "consumer cycle" then it's paid
>> already.  You don't have to have payment at the tip!!!  'Course I
>> don't know if our politicians can actually organise something like
>> that fairly.
>> That said, you really don't need that much packaging for hygiene.
>>
>> At various points other states tried to bring in something like the
>> SA drink container legislation and there was a massive lobby by the
>> drink industry.  There was an ABC program about it (4 corners?) a few
>> years ago.  It's still a good idea.  It's still a very, very good  
>> idea.
>
> its a really really dumb idea. business will pass on these costs
> and people will then do whatever they like with the stuff since they
> have already "paid" for it.

Business already pass on all the costs and people already do whatever  
they like with it.  Next.


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