How much of a difference is there really between someone who lives in the west and is tidy and someone who isn't when things like carbon emissions, landfill con

How much of a difference is there really between someone who lives in the west and is tidy and someone who isn't when things like carbon emissions, landfill consumption, and microplastics production are the same? You can wash the dishes and tidy up after every meal, rinse and sort your recycling but you're still trashing the planet more or less the same as the person who does none of those things.