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1. western countries developed faster and started all this mad consumption and environmental abuse. Everyone else is copying us 2. the west is in the best posi
by bllguo 8y ago
1. western countries developed faster and started all this mad consumption and environmental abuse. Everyone else is copying us
2. the west is in the best position to start addressing this. Better educated, more prosperous, etc.
3. Much of the waste produced in other countries is for making things to ship to the western world
We should not be playing the victim.
- Freestyler_3 8y agoIt is not about who is victim. It is about who is doing it NOW, and what can be done about it. Some plastic program in the west has 0% impact on the polution on global scale. That doesn't mean that the west shouldn't be active in addressing the problem, but it means focussing on where the problem is and actually doing somethig about it. You can blame the west all you want, but please don't think that other countries only produce for the west. There is a much bigger market.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoHow can a program anywhere that results in decreased resource usage have no impact? Can you explain further.
- Freestyler_3 8y agoStatistically near 0%, it has impact but not much at all. Where in other countries there can be bigger gains with less effort.