It's true that as individuals, we should try to avoid using unnecessary single-use plastics. Lots of people making a small change is a big change.
But.
The amount of plastics used in the life of the average consumer is laughable compared to the amount of plastics used in manufacturing and shipping. I can't recall it now, but there was a pretty good post recently describing how in electronics production, each individual component will be produced, wrapped in plastic, shipped around the world, wrapped in plastic again, then shipped around the world again.
Hell, even in food service, you use a crazy amount of plastic. It wouldn't surprise me if even a small restaurant went through the same amount of plastic wrap in a day as an average household does yearly.
We should all do our part to not cause unnecessary pollution. Lowering your personal carbon footprint is great, using reusable plastic bags is great, but neither of them will stop the biggest source of the problem, and both of them shift the responsibility for the situation we're in away from industry and government and towards individuals. Just kinda scummy marketing if you ask me.
oldencancer on December 14th, 2022 at 12:16 UTC »
TIL sea turtles eat jellyfish
Mijam7 on December 14th, 2022 at 12:45 UTC »
Please don't wrap everything I purchase in plastic and give me plastic bags to carry it out of the store then.
quietletmethink on December 14th, 2022 at 16:53 UTC »
It's true that as individuals, we should try to avoid using unnecessary single-use plastics. Lots of people making a small change is a big change.
But.
The amount of plastics used in the life of the average consumer is laughable compared to the amount of plastics used in manufacturing and shipping. I can't recall it now, but there was a pretty good post recently describing how in electronics production, each individual component will be produced, wrapped in plastic, shipped around the world, wrapped in plastic again, then shipped around the world again.
Hell, even in food service, you use a crazy amount of plastic. It wouldn't surprise me if even a small restaurant went through the same amount of plastic wrap in a day as an average household does yearly.
We should all do our part to not cause unnecessary pollution. Lowering your personal carbon footprint is great, using reusable plastic bags is great, but neither of them will stop the biggest source of the problem, and both of them shift the responsibility for the situation we're in away from industry and government and towards individuals. Just kinda scummy marketing if you ask me.