>If people cut down unnecessary plastic use because they're worried about plastic particles in the ecosystem, they're also doing something good for the climate.

>If people cut down unnecessary plastic use because they're worried about plastic particles in the ecosystem, they're also doing something good for the climate. If the oil isn't turned into plastics then it's just going to be burned instead. Plastics sequester carbon out of the atmosphere. Abandoning plastics without first introducing a carbon tax will harm the climate.