I would assume that most countries would have the ability to create cloth bags locally. Which raises the question: where does the clothing people wear come from

I would assume that most countries would have the ability to create cloth bags locally. Which raises the question: where does the clothing people wear come from and what is its environment impact? Also: where do all the plastic bags get created? Personally, I would think that plastic makes for a great low-resource material, as long as we make sure it is recycled or burnt. But the plastic in the sea has become a far too serious problem. And yes, the biggest sources of plastic in the sea are places where plastics doesn't get caught in a proper disposal system. Helping there would also be a priority. Yet, as with many other things, the rather rich countries - we tend to call ourselves "developed" - have a burdon to lead ahead with the reduction of the plastic waste. Either by developing alternatives or plastics, which decompose quickly enough to be no problem when escaping into nature.