Like all things the answer is not black and white. The most important thing people should do solve the environmental issues related to consumption is to consume

Like all things the answer is not black and white. The most important thing people should do solve the environmental issues related to consumption is to consume less or pre-cycle. It's true we shouldn't be recycling plastic bottles, in fact we shouldn't be using them at all. Similarly we shouldn't be using recycled paper we should stop using paper. The line "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is ordered by importance and effectiveness.