I didn’t find this argument compelling. It is true that Economic forces have displaced more sustainable ways of living where things were not disposable. But that’s also because people genuinely found the disposables more convenient. Perhaps because the negative aspects were not known to them. But consumers are partly to blame. I also wonder what makes plastic recycling more successful in some places like Japan, when it is mostly a scam elsewhere.
I didn’t find this argument compelling. It is true that Economic forces have displaced more sustainable ways of living where things were not disposable. But that’s also because people genuinely found the disposables more convenient. Perhaps because the negative aspects were not known to them. But consumers are partly to blame. I also wonder what makes plastic recycling more successful in some places like Japan, when it is mostly a scam elsewhere.