‘Polluter pays’ doctrine will take on new meaning

Source: https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/polluter-pays-doctrine-will-take-new-meaning-2024-01-03/

Author: Lisa Jucca

MILAN, Jan 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Companies will learn the hard way that polluting the world has a cost. Ten years after the deadly Rana Plaza factory-building collapse that killed more than 1,000 underpaid textile workers in Bangladesh, cheap polyester clothes from Shein, Boohoo (BOOH.L) or Primark continue to fill our wardrobes before hitting the landfill. Meanwhile, more than 350 million metric tons of Coca-Cola bottles, Mars wrappers and other plastic items are discarded each year. This may change as a crackdown on fossil fuel-based waste takes shape in 2024.