tim... wrote:


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On Sunday, 9 April 2017 18:15:30 UTC+1, wrote:
On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 17:36:18 +0100, "tim..."
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Businesses already minimise waste, with the odd exception.

Nonsense

they use package for "marketing"

If the marketing value is greater than the cost of the packaging they
will use it, they don't care about the extra costs of disposal because
it doesn't fall on them

You only have to go to Germany to see this. There, the manufactures do
have to pay for the disposal costs of their marketing material, and
packaging really is pared to the bone.

They're not looking to throw money away.

they not - they see an added value in it.

There are reasons for the packaging that's used.

because it provides a widow for marketing

Taxing them means that tax is passed to the customer, ie all it would
be is one more way for government to scam money out of us all.

Didn't work that way in Germany - the unnecessary packaging disappeared
at no costs to the consumer

tim




Pity it isn't true for Lidl and Aldi!