Plastic waste per person is a different story. https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution USA: 0.34kg per perso

Plastic waste per person is a different story. https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution USA: 0.34kg per person per day China: 0.12kg per person per day (just under a third of the US figure). In cultural terms, China is already far ahead of the USA in terms of individual responsibility. ---- Edit: Though your point on the handling of waste itself still stands (at least according to 2010 figures)