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Sure, it's only garbage people who litter. But don't forget that it was lobby of the plastic industry who overemphasized the waste and recycling system as a solution to pollution, as opposed to reducing consumption.
In all fairness. It's nice to have clean spaces as well.
I mean, yes, reducing and reusing are more important.
But in the end if we didn't recycle, we would eventually run out of resources.
Well, only some plastics can be recycled, and not very well at that. Plastic manufacturers have known this for 50+ years and never told us.
You're not going to like to learn what the actual statistics are of how much of what we recycle actually gets recycled.
Now, people are fucked up right now in that if you say "X isn't as effective as you think it is" everyone's first reply is always "WHY ARE YOU SAYING NOT TO X!!" so just everyone... calm tf down.
Keep recycling, but can we PLEASE put pressure on our elected representatives that we don't want to have babies made of microplastics so demand that they uphold environmental regulations in their district. Demand more robust investment in recycling, demand incentives to make alternatives to plastics. Demand money be spent where you want it spent, and FURTHERMORE you can actually donate to the institutions of your choice and have that donation tax deducted and get the state to pay for the things you want either way.
There are smarter ways to do all this, just don't think "I did my part, I don't need to do any more." You don't get out of responsibility here, I don't care that you didn't ask to be here, get to work!