While I agree that personal (and collective) responsibility is important, does it do much to address the systemic issues which drive industry-standard use of th

While I agree that personal (and collective) responsibility is important, does it do much to address the systemic issues which drive industry-standard use of these products? Let's say that we succeed in convincing companies to use less plastic - would it follow that a plethora of other horrible industry practices follow suit? Isn't it also true that against such a big "target", global capital, even large scale collective action only very rarely results in genuine and lasting change? My liberal side says this: we should petition governments (despite the fact that not a single petition to the UK parliament has been successful?) to act on such pressing issues by imposing penalties for use of substances known to be ecologically harmful. Granted, collective action and personal responsibility is still needed, but it's easier to pressure your government than it is global capital, since the leverage of a government is more than the sum of its "parts" (the people).