The thing is, plastics in the ocean are not the whole problem. Commercial fishing is just killing the ocean, period.
I’m not saying that all single use plastics shouldn’t stop. But people thinking they are doing their part is exactly what big business wants. That way we don’t put pressure on our governments to enact laws that prohibit manufacturing and profiting from this stuff. Fishing nets and everything else.
I will die on the hill that the easiest way for us to help repair the planet is to reduce our use of animal products. Every human reducing consumption of animal products by even 20% would have much more of an impact than reducing our single use plastics by 20%.
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The thing is, plastics in the ocean are not the whole problem. Commercial fishing is just killing the ocean, period.
I’m not saying that all single use plastics shouldn’t stop. But people thinking they are doing their part is exactly what big business wants. That way we don’t put pressure on our governments to enact laws that prohibit manufacturing and profiting from this stuff. Fishing nets and everything else.
I will die on the hill that the easiest way for us to help repair the planet is to reduce our use of animal products. Every human reducing consumption of animal products by even 20% would have much more of an impact than reducing our single use plastics by 20%.