I live in Thailand and I applaud their work - also here at the Chao Praya river. However, I wonder if the money would not be better spend in lobbying, enforcin

I live in Thailand and I applaud their work - also here at the Chao Praya river. However, I wonder if the money would not be better spend in lobbying, enforcing etc. a plastic tax on throw away plastic goods. In my home country in Germany, the use of throw away plastic is much less due to effective regulations. If we have only a finite amount of money to stop plastic pollution, invest it in recycling or avoidance?