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Shoppers say they want sustainable goods, but won't pay more
(www.reuters.com)
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I will pay more. But not 10x more. Considering it isn't costing that to make it. Most products are only cheaper because I'm the one paying for the cleanups. If we actually paid for the real price of all the plastic shit without subsidies and they paid the cost of transportation and an actual living wage.
Then those sustainable products would be far cheaper.
Yep. And if we go out and buy sustainable products, we're still paying for the non-sustainable ones. Of course most people are going to choose to get the thing they're already paying for.
Exactly. System is rigged. Needs to be torn down and restarted by us for us. Not them