I'm confused by Plasticbank. They seem to pay for plastic. While they divert plastic from oceans, doesn't paying for plastic increase demand? It sounds like th

I'm confused by Plasticbank. They seem to pay for plastic. While they divert plastic from oceans, doesn't paying for plastic increase demand? It sounds like the Cobra Effect -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect -- where paying for dead cobras, intending to lower their numbers, motivated people to breed more, which increased their numbers.