I agree that plastic is causing irreparable harm to our world, and taxing the production of plastic is likely the most efficient way to reduce production. I also share your concern of the tax being passed on to consumers. However, my biggest concern is that a production tax could just cause production to shift even more into developing nations with harmful labour and emissions standards. Sure, we can tax the importers of plastics - but corporations have always been able to find ways around import taxes in the name of capitalism.
I agree that plastic is causing irreparable harm to our world, and taxing the production of plastic is likely the most efficient way to reduce production. I also share your concern of the tax being passed on to consumers. However, my biggest concern is that a production tax could just cause production to shift even more into developing nations with harmful labour and emissions standards. Sure, we can tax the importers of plastics - but corporations have always been able to find ways around import taxes in the name of capitalism.