In Germany, plastic waste is finally stagnating after rising for the last couple of years. Sadly plastic production and export is still continuing to rise. The only fortunate development is that German plastic waste exports have nearly been cut in halve since 2015.
I fully agree it’s insufficient.
But still, there is no doubt it would have been worse without those policies.
If harm reduction is all we have right now then I will fight tooth and nail against those seeking to abolish it.
Also, reactionary consumers are always against environmental protection, no matter how little progress there is. Try banning ultra fast fashion - a massive cause of pollution - and see how people would react.
Except it objectively did not reduce plastic production and it soured the end consumers opinion on environmental conservation.
In Germany, plastic waste is finally stagnating after rising for the last couple of years. Sadly plastic production and export is still continuing to rise. The only fortunate development is that German plastic waste exports have nearly been cut in halve since 2015.
I fully agree it’s insufficient.
But still, there is no doubt it would have been worse without those policies.
If harm reduction is all we have right now then I will fight tooth and nail against those seeking to abolish it.
Also, reactionary consumers are always against environmental protection, no matter how little progress there is. Try banning ultra fast fashion - a massive cause of pollution - and see how people would react.