You can also put the cost of disposal into the cost of the item at sale. Either through a deposit (like cans/bottles) or just a flat fee/tax.
Then you encourage people to buy less toxic, easier-to-dispose-of alternatives.
You can also put the cost of disposal into the cost of the item at sale. Either through a deposit (like cans/bottles) or just a flat fee/tax.
Then you encourage people to buy less toxic, easier-to-dispose-of alternatives.
You really need to not value your time at all to be willing to participate on those schemes.
No one is standing in line to return one bottle.
My local grocery store has a similar return system for glass milk bottles. You just turn them in at the register when you check out. Even simpler.
In addition, once a month there is a “punto limpio móvil” on each neighbourhood: a small truck from the city parks on a reserved spot for 2h to get the special waste from the neighbours, also for free.
So if you have some old PC you need to get rid of, you just call the PC manufacturer and they send a pre-paid shipping label and box to your home and the mailman comes to pick it up at their expense.