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Bill: Polluter pays
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2096
Description[?]:
| Our recycling system has already been able to greatly reduce the amount of waste produced in Lodamun. However, not everything is recycleable, and recycling alone is not enough. Our beer stores, where bottles are re-used, are a good example of responsible environmental stewardship, re-using the bottles repeatedly before there is any need to recycle the glass or plastic. This bill would make each company responsible for re-using or safely disposing of all waste it produces. A mine which produces tailings would be responsible for containing the waste itself and paying the cost of any clean-up in watersheds created by run-off. A factory would be required to accept the return of any packaging used, and either re-use the packaging or dispose of it safely itself. Once a car has reached the end of its life, the manufacturer will be required to accept it and either recycle the metal or dispose of the car itself. Waste produced by individuals will remain the responsibility of state garbage collection agencies, but individuals will be encouraged to return their waste to the manufacturer or other original source. This method of disposal should greatly increase re-use of resources and thus overall effiency, while greatly reducing the number of landfills. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Government disposes special waste only.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:24:40, August 13, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | Acceptable article. Now to read the essay to get the relevant points. |
| Date | 06:25:53, August 13, 2005 CET | From | Adam Smith Party | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | Will companies be allowed to subcontract scrap metal dealers for example? The law says nothing about this. |
| Date | 17:25:53, August 13, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | The law says the companies are responsible. If they wish to sub-contract their responsibility, that should be fine. However if the subcontractor ends up throwing the metal in the ocean, the producing company would be responsible for resolving the problem. |
| Date | 19:01:30, August 13, 2005 CET | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | We've dropped the other proposal, to lend our support to this one. ((When I read the proposal list, I misread the proposal as "Everyone is responsible for disposing their own waste." Need to stop skimming.)) |
| Date | 19:11:05, August 13, 2005 CET | From |  Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | If a company contracts to dispose of other's waste, they would be liable if they just dumped it in the ocean. Please rewrite the bill so that it says what the proposal says... |
| Date | 22:19:22, August 13, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | OOC: I dont understand your point TIC. The proposal is meant (by the people who wrote it) to mean what the bill says. |
| Date | 07:13:40, August 16, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Polluter pays |
| Message | I support a private company being responsible for its own waste. However, if they contract with another company for waste removal, the hired company is responsible and cannot dump it in the ocean, or other places that they do not own. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 450 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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