If you live somewhere with a reasonably non-corrupt and functioning waste disposal industry, the waste plastics are dumped into adequately well-managed landfill

If you live somewhere with a reasonably non-corrupt and functioning waste disposal industry, the waste plastics are dumped into adequately well-managed landfills and don’t contribute to the floating island of plastics. If you live somewhere where the mafia dumps garbage into the sea, reducing plastic waste is neither necessary nor sufficient to address the problem.