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The most familiar example is the '''container deposit''' charged for a '''deposit bottle'''.  One pays a fee to buy the bottle, separately from the fee to buy what it contains.  If one returns the bottle, the fee is returned, and the supplier must return the bottle for [[re-use]] or [[recycling]].  If not, one has paid the fee, and presumably this can pay for [[landfill]] or [[litter]] control measures that dispose of say a broken bottle.  Also, since the same fee can be collected by anyone finding and returning the bottle, it is common for people to collect these and return them as a means of surviving.  This is quite common for instance among [[homeless]] people in [[U.S. cities]].
The most familiar example is the '''container deposit''' charged for a '''deposit bottle'''.  One pays a fee to buy the bottle, separately from the fee to buy what it contains.  If one returns the bottle, the fee is returned, and the supplier must return the bottle for [[re-use]] or [[recycling]].  If not, one has paid the fee, and presumably this can pay for [[landfill]] or [[litter]] control measures that dispose of say a broken bottle.  Also, since the same fee can be collected by anyone finding and returning the bottle, it is common for people to collect these and return them as a means of surviving.  This is quite common for instance among [[homeless]] people in [[U.S. cities]].


However, the principle is applied very broadly beyond bottles to [[paint]] and [[automobile]] parts such as [[tire]]s.  When purchasing paint or tires in many places, one simultaneously pays for the disposal of the [[toxic waste]] they become.  In some countries, such as [[Germany]], [[law]] requires attention to the [[comprehensive outcome]] of the whole extraction, production, distribution, use and waste of a product, and holds those profiting from these legally responsible for any outcome along the way.  This is also the trend in the [[UK]] and [[EU]] generally.  In the [[United States]], there have been many [[class action suit]]s that are effectively product stewardship [[liability]] - holding companies responsible for things the product does, which it was never advertised to do.
However, the principle is applied very broadly beyond bottles to [[paint]] and [[automobile]] parts such as [[tire]]s.  When purchasing paint or tires in many places, one simultaneously pays for the disposal of the [[toxic waste]] they become.  In some countries, such as [[Germany]], [[law]] requires attention to the [[comprehensive outcome]] of the whole extraction, production, distribution, use and waste of a product, and holds those profiting from these legally responsible for any outcome along the way.  This is also the trend in the [[UK]] and [[EU]] generally.  In the [[United States]], there have been many [[class action suit]]s that are effectively product stewardship [[liability]] - holding companies responsible for things the product does, which it was never advertised not to do.


Rather than let liability for these problems be taken up by the [[public sector]] or be haphazardly assigned one issue at a time to companies via lawsuits, many [[accounting reform]] efforts focus on achieving [[full cost accounting]].  This is the [[financial capital|financial]] reflection of the comprehensive outcome - noting the gains and losses to all parties involved, not just those investing or purchasing.  Such moves have made [[moral purchasing]] more attractive, as it avoids liability and future lawsuits.
Rather than let liability for these problems be taken up by the [[public sector]] or be haphazardly assigned one issue at a time to companies via lawsuits, many [[accounting reform]] efforts focus on achieving [[full cost accounting]].  This is the [[financial capital|financial]] reflection of the comprehensive outcome - noting the gains and losses to all parties involved, not just those investing or purchasing.  Such moves have made [[moral purchasing]] more attractive, as it avoids liability and future lawsuits.
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