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The left in general is mocking the (mostly center to center-right) politicians who championed the ban of single-use plastic, explaining that its way too little

The left in general is mocking the (mostly center to center-right) politicians who championed the ban of single-use plastic, explaining that its way too little an effort. Or that the whole industry should be banned yesterday. Example : https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/12/14/la-majorite-jugee-trop-lente-dans-sa-lutte-contre-le-plastique_6022837_823448.html https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/12/14/la-major... (They have the luxury of note exactly being in power, so not having to implement any of the groundbreading and radical changes they advocate.)

franga2000 4y ago
I see a big difference in mocking the policy vs mocking the people proposing it or the reason they're doing it. "Greenwashing" as I understand it is the act of doing something that doesn't help or helps the environment very little, but makes it look like you care and are trying to help it. This is a description of the person and process, not as much the policy itself. I think most people would agree this is a weak policy and clearly done because its low-effort, agreeable and doesn't harm their corporate overlords much. So I can't say calling out the politicians isn't in order, but the policy itself is not actually bad. At least in my tiny corner of Europe, most of us in The Left (caps important) get this difference, but we do still have many idealists that don't, and they are usually the ones that get in the news. Maybe (I hope) it's the same over there. // I don't have any translation software handy at the moment, so I couldn't read the article, sorry