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To: Lane3 who wrote (82844)	9/7/2008 11:22:40 PM
From: Stan J. Czernel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541735

Fine, then just tax them on the cost of eventual disposal upon sale Because it may not be enough. The point is to shift thinking from one of profligate waste to one of zero waste: there is no real 'value cost' one can use: if a resource - steel, plastic, chromium, aluminum - can be reused indefinitely - when the alternative (trashing it) results in pollution and more careless mining for virgin materials - what price should be charged? The value of the energy and material involved in creating a soda can is much more than the value of the soda in the can. I think government can have a very productive role in facilitating the transition.