| Just for the record, I'm not in favor of big biz either. Apparently from the discussion here, working with recycled material is more costly for corporations and therefore they would not be compelled to give up profits to save the environment and improve sustainability. So, it's now either the people's or the govt's duty to step in and try to mitigate the risk since the market dynamics are not favorable to work on their own. People or govt could help by subsidizing the cost of recycling the materials and making it more appealing for businesses to use them in their manufacturing processes and therefore preserving the environment. As to which is better raising taxes or giving tax breaks from the point of view of govt interference, I believe that incentive is less invasive and more importantly less coercive than raising taxes and distorting the market and pushing the increase in operating costs to the consumers instead. |