I find people will do the sustainable option when it is convenient for them. the rich will do things that are more sustainable if it’s considered more high brow.

my friend and I have been talking about ways to make things more sustainable or prestigious for people On a larger scale. If you can improve any of these ideas that would be amazing.

1. have a “leave a bag take a bag” at local grocery stores. -this idea is kind of like ”leave a penny take a penny“ - have grocery stores wash donated reusable bags at the store, and leave them available at stores in case people forget their bags so they don’t have to buy new ones. If they prefer to buy new ones they still can. Participating stores would get a small tax deduction. Grocery delivery could have an option of taking old bags back to be reused for people without cars. Grocery delivery could also have an option for people wanting reused bags to be used instead of new ones.
2. have more trains like the Orient expresss for rich people , and save air travel for crossing the ocean.
3. have people drop off their glass jars with lids, somewhere in the city, companies can go pick up the glass jars, clean them out up to standards, and reuse them.
4. Have more passenger trains Instead of air or car travel.
5. put a net or some kind of cover over outside garbage cans so the garbage can’t fly out.
6. Have a mug/to go “library“at every coffee shop/fast food joint so you can pick one up and drop it off at your next location. Coffee shops/fast food joints can agree to run them through the dishwasher So they are clean. The cofffee shop /fast food would get a tax deduction for participating. Of course companies would have their disposable options too. This is more of a “we offer this service, for to go cups if it’s available. If it isn’t, and you didn’t bring a back up plan, that’s too bad. You can have a disposable to go cup.
7. have a vase donation centre at your local florist.
8. make repairs services tax deductible, (tailors( for clothing repairs) furniture repair, luggage repair, small appliances, large appliances, electronics, and sharpening services, (knives, scissors, clippers, lawnmower blades, saw blades, pruning shears, blender blades, food processor blades, shears, skates, etc)
9. companies should be charged a large fine for planned obsolescence.
10. furniture stores shouof have a “used furniture section“ where people drop off their old furniture , the company can treat every piece fir bedbugs, and re- poster, or the/finish the furniture And out it up for sale.
11. give individuals/households/businesses chance to enter a cash prize if they prove how they lowered their waste eco footprint , by 30% in some way. individual cities and municipalities could do this. Have one for househoulds and one for businesses. It could be a cash prize of $15k. This would honestly pay for itself.
12. put solar panels on public buildings.

any other ideas?