Many environmental problems are longitudinal collective action problems. They arise from the cumulative unintended effects of a vast amount of seemingly insignificant decisions and actions by individuals who are unknown to each other and distant from each other. Such problems are likely to be effectively addressed only by an enormous number of individuals each making a nearly insignificant contribution to resolving them.
Should governments introduce more rigorous legislation to ensure compliance to such recycling? — invicta
Indeed every little action can, if repeated often enough have a significant footprint on your wastage and recycling. — invicta
Do corporations now genuinely care about the environment or is it a whole PR stunt meant to lure the ethical buyer ? — invicta
Should governments introduce more rigorous legislation to ensure compliance to such recycling? — invicta
In which case if one person wants a car, washing machine, computer etc they can't expect everyone else to go without these things. In this sense the public have spoken and are pursuing their own goals. — Andrew4Handel
A carbon tax builds it into the fabric of the economy. We are already set up to be properly governed in this fashion — apokrisis
The following question relates to recycling in this case to that of electronics, although lithium is plentiful at this moment in time. At the rate it’s being used in the production of smartphones and other gizmos it will present a cost problem to manufacturers when it becomes scarce. — invicta
Reducing the demand would be a far wiser and more efficient strategy. — Vera Mont
On the other hand reducing taxation for recycling companies and businesses will incentivise and increase recycling and provide for the needs of both governments and private business. — invicta
Many environmental problems are longitudinal collective action problems. They arise from the cumulative unintended effects of a vast amount of seemingly insignificant decisions and actions by individuals who are unknown to each other and distant from each other. Such problems are likely to be effectively addressed only by an enormous number of individuals each making a nearly insignificant contribution to resolving them.
Human sensibilities when it comes to managing and looking after their environment are simply overruled by the irrationality of such consumption driven by market forces beyond their simple understanding so much so that they become endebted to the technological consumerist age they live in…taking on uneccessary debt to have the latest car, the latest phone etc. — invicta
capitalism accumulates money at the total disregard of environment until of course the environment is no longer productive to its end. — invicta
as I recall Slavoj Zizek once warning the Occupy movement: you need to know exactly what you are doing if you want to make radical changes - even if those changes seem, or really are, necessary. — ToothyMaw
I have not proposed changing consumerism at all — invicta
As for consumerism it cannot be stopped i — invicta
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