reximaybe our Knucklehead in Chief will leave fertile ground behind for a permanent #plasticimporttariff to cover at lest a portion of its final cost.
provided we can assist his departure, that is.
which may also cause a race to the bottom for bad governance, unless the #plasticimporttariff is Africa-wide...
#Africa could consider putting some #importtariffs on plastic; start small so they barely notice...
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BFFPPA-Summary-_branded_FINAL.pdf
(what we really need *more urgently* is a #PlasticImportTariff that attempts to cover the projected costs of mitigation and final disposal of the crap being generated in #China, #SouthAsia and elsewhere, shipped to us without regard to the total cost of dealing with the centuries and even millennia it will reside with with us after it arrives.)
Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act
first we need #PlasticImportTariff to cover *all* the costs of the crap coming in by the mega-tonne.
then we need a governmental base plastic price for every single plastic type in manufacture, and the USA needs to buy back as much now as it can -- literally while it's still cheap (the cost will only go up, if we're doing real math).
https://undark.org/2023/12/05/plastic-sustainable/
[needed yesterday, imho: #PlasticImportTariff, to allow a government plastic buy-back base-price]
“When you’re producing something that’s identical but charging more, really what you’re charging more for is the fact that it’s made with green carbon.” Consumers will have to either be willing to pay for that, or else scientists will have to figure out how to make these polymers more cheaply. Right now, scientists are busy at work on the latter.
what we really need is a #PlasticImportTariff that covers the costs of mitigation and final disposal of the crap being generated in #China, #SouthAsia and elsewhere and shipped to us without regard to the total cost of dealing with the centuries and even millennia it will reside with with us after it arrives.