"plastic" is not the issue, "plastic" disposal is the issue. "Plastic" is just too good on the $/weight/resilience ratio. Also, efficient containers like plast

"plastic" is not the issue, "plastic" disposal is the issue. "Plastic" is just too good on the $/weight/resilience ratio. Also, efficient containers like plastics (as in light and thin) reduce a lot the energy needed to transport. And no matter what we do here with plastics, it won't matter without proper trade regulations. It will happen as it did with labour, third world countries will just pick up our share. Third world countries use more fossil fuels, and have way worse waste management, and they don't seem to plan on improving those just like labour is cheap. Their rulers want it that way to keep on competing on price in exportations. Without trade regulations that try to upstream some environmental regulation, all the local rules are useless