Virtue signaling is when an entity does something expressly to show they support a cause or extol a virtue, without actually helping. Disposable cloth packagin

Virtue signaling is when an entity does something expressly to show they support a cause or extol a virtue, without actually helping. Disposable cloth packaging is a great example of this. Plastic production needs to be reduced for a large number of reasons, but cloth production takes an exceptional amount of energy and resources to produce while not generally being reusable or recyclable, and the extra durability and/or protection of cloth is almost never needed. (There was a NYT article about this, but I'll link directly to the study <https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-...>)