I can see problems with that- plastic is very cheap and it costs much less to make new plastic than to remove old stuff. So if you subsidize turning in 'removed' plastic, something bad could happen...
There is already a world market value (somewhat distorted) on plastic for recycling.
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profitable.
No-one suggested subsidising ie paying for plastic removal. Subsidised acti vities are not likely to generate profit.
Most dumped plastic is thermoplastics that can be made into products with t he right technology. I don't mean injection moulding, that is the wrong tec hnology. A research project that finds ways poor people can turn the trash into saleable product could have a big impact. That's the sort of thing Pen ny Library does.
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Let Greenpeace hire the kids to pick up the trash.
Den onsdag den 19. juli 2017 kl. 17.39.58 UTC+2 skrev John Larkin:
if they could use it as a PR campaign and sell certificates for picked up trash to naive people for exorbitant prices I'm sure they would
Shipbreaking is a good job for poor people. Oxygen lances, molten steel, asbestos, leaking bunker C - all that good stuff.
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