The fact that these other things are still happening indicates more progress is needed, but doesn’t change the benefit of eliminating plastic bags or mean doing

The fact that these other things are still happening indicates more progress is needed, but doesn’t change the benefit of eliminating plastic bags or mean doing so is virtue signaling. If you were to accept this logic to its extreme, nothing short of an all encompassing policy that addresses all issues simultaneously would count as not virtue signaling. Progress is almost always incremental. That doesn’t mean it’s not progress.