Plastic alternatives are also heavier and bulkier. More trucks are needed to ship the same product. Plastic is in fact the best environmental choice in many cas

Plastic alternatives are also heavier and bulkier. More trucks are needed to ship the same product. Plastic is in fact the best environmental choice in many cases. Even single use plastic. The current zeitgeist regarding plastic is nothing more than a repeat of the 1920s alcohol prohibition. A moral panic not based on facts. The solution to plastic in the ocean isn’t to ban plastic in the West but to build out trash management systems in Asia and Africa. The only thing the war on plastic does is raise emissions and accelerate climate change.