• HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Stopping a producer selling it in a country is putting the onus on the producer.

    I don’t think the narrative of producer v consumer is particularly helpful. Any regulation that hits the producer will also hit the consumer.

    I’d be all for a ban on plastic bottles, but you need proper glass bottle deposit schemes in place first

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        1 year ago

        Whether a producer is prohibited from producing or selling has zero affect on the UK consumer. I agree that a ban on production would be good, but in the vast majority of cases these are overseas producers, so that can’t be legislated for.

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            I very much doubt that there are any products being imported - because they can’t be sold - so no need to regulate that.

            The only thing I can see where a ban on production would help with is if the UK was home to a big manufacturer-exporter of straws etc. But that doesn’t seem very likely.

            Appreciate thr discussion and happy to have my position changed if I’m on the wrong track