why even bother trying to solve this through individual consumer purchasing habits, all it accomplishes is turning powerless common folk against each other
yes, why do you think for instance big oil was behind (as in campaigns, big funding) promoting plastics recycling and getting everyone to focus on that and their neighbors' behaviors. it's valuable to give people a framework they can follow to correct a problem and feel satisfied or feel enraged at their neighbor with zero systemic impact besides enabling unchecked greed at scale
