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> Anyone with a basic understanding of economics knows that this is economically equivalent to making the farmers pay for the recycling.

Which, in turn, is economically equivalent to food eaters paying the cost. There's no free lunch – figuratively and literally. Economically, it doesn't really matter all that much where you place the cost. Socially, though...




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