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But this isn't an individual human decision, this is a system that makes it all happen this way. We're fixated on growth: when growing more plastic industry se
by badtension 4y ago
But this isn't an individual human decision, this is a system that makes it all happen this way.
We're fixated on growth: when growing more plastic industry seems passe, we leave it on a current level (or just have a greenwashing campaign) and grow another industry to clean up the plastics.
We could dial down the plastic usage and implement some cleaner solutions but that would need some difficult decisions (am I going to have similar profit margins when changing from plastic to paper? what are initial costs?) and perhaps an inconvenience to the consumer (e.g. make bottled water very expensive, bring your own container and refill it using public water faucets).
I hope this will happen sooner than later with as many industries as possible.