Cambodia Has Enough Trash, Thank You

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Re: Cambodia Has Enough Trash, Thank You

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SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:02 am
Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:18 pm
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:54 pm for the purpose of incineration for electricity
This is probably the best way to deal with it in fact, and it seems Cambodia is in need of electricty
recycling it uses more resources than it saves
Burning plastic waste is a disaster, worse than landfilling it.
I realise that statement doesn't provide any answers - except maybe pointing to the fact that we all, individually and globally, need to start thinking about changing our habits.

Maybe factoring the actual environmental costs into the price of packaging would change things. Taxes can be a good way to change behaviour.
eg, A relatively small deposit fee has seen a massive reduction of discarded drink containers in a number of countries.
no, incineration done properly, can be a solution
landfill is also not so bad, again, done properly
they will be the mines of the future

the big issue is that plastic needs to be collected, not left to scatter into the environment
and use less of it, as you say
but the alternatives have issues too

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monstra mihi bona!
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