if the price of the good includes the cost of proper disposal/recycling/environmental impact of the good, and this proper disposal/recycling actually happens (unlike e.g. many CRT monitors in the US), then I think that other regulation around product lifespans probably isn't needed and allowing consumers to decide based on price is fine.
but if those costs aren't correctly accounted for in the price then being able to choose a "low priced thing" is just pushing the clean up costs onto society.
that said, people who have historically gotten a benefit and pushed costs on to third parties will of course probably be unhappy about a change that forces them to pay for the costs. see also: capitalism generally, climate change.
but if those costs aren't correctly accounted for in the price then being able to choose a "low priced thing" is just pushing the clean up costs onto society.
that said, people who have historically gotten a benefit and pushed costs on to third parties will of course probably be unhappy about a change that forces them to pay for the costs. see also: capitalism generally, climate change.