Without context no arguments about the environment or waste matter at all. The context is extremely important otherwise we end up replacing something moderately

Without context no arguments about the environment or waste matter at all. The context is extremely important otherwise we end up replacing something moderately bad for the environment with something even worse. E.g we replace plastic bags with tote bags but a tote bag must be used over 130 times to make it better than a single use plastic bag. With your thought we wouldn't even be able to compare the two because you're not interested in the actual reality of these issues.