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human
CMV: corporations should be required to pay for the disposal of their products.

If companies were explicitly responsible for the disposal costs associated with their products it would incentivize the production of items that are more reusable and less costly to dispose of. It would also help ensure products are correctly disposed of, since there would be dedicated funds. 

The current system unfairly shifts the blame the the consumer, is much less effective. The debate about plastic straws is a great example. It puts extra pressure on people with disabilities, addresses such a small part of the problem of plastic waste, and has turned into a status symbol in many ways. 

Yes, this would increase the cost to consumers, but consumers already pay this cost indirectly through taxes and degraded resources.

Edit: logistically, I'm thinking something similar to the the carbon cap and trade market. Disposal cost would be set aside at the beginning of the product's life, regardless of when our where it gets disposed of.
I'm not saying you should mail your garbage back to whoever you bought it from. That's dumb. The money might not even go directly to disposal of that type of product, but pubic public outreach, or research, or clean up.
gpt
If you want to use cost to incentivize the correct disposal of waste (I good idea IMHO) shouldn’t that cost be applied to the ones who make the choice of disposal (ie the consumer)?

The problem with charging the producer for waste disposal is that the cost of disposal depends on how the consumer handles the waste they produce. It makes the determination of the cost of disposal at the manufacture level completely arbitrary. The manufacturer can contribute, eg by using recyclable materials, but the consumer needs to have an incentive to play their role in the cycle.

To make this work you need to put some cost incentive on the consumer.  An example of this is the deposit refund scheme for drink bottles.  The consumer pays for the waste they produce in the bottle deposit added to the price of the drink and can get it back by doing the ‘right’ thing by returning the bottle to a recycler.