These can also be seen as pros resulting from the internalization of the negative externalities. Some of the cons, on the other hand, include increased prices for items made of plastic, and the need to recycle often, taking up time out of your day. Society, especially beach goers, benefits from this internalization of externalities because they can live in a cleaner world with less pollution and cleaner beaches and oceans. Not only society benefits in this way, the underwater creatures and the birds do too because their homes can be cleaner and filled with less plastic, and there is a reduced risk of deaths from plastic, like a seagull getting caught in a 6-pack ring. The sellers do not benefit as much, financially, because they aren’t making as much money producing plastic, unless they start producing reusable and recyclable plastic which they can resell, as long as people do their part and