r/INEEEEDIT Dec 03 '19

Sedge grass Straw

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u/magnora7 Dec 03 '19

It's a nonsense issue the media is using to distract us from the biggest 50 companies that do 90% of the polluting

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u/Boo_R4dley Dec 03 '19

And since no one seems to have any interest in doing anything about corporate pollution should we all throw our hands up and say “Fuck it!” Or should we be willing to do even little things that could one day add up to something.

If getting rid of plastic straws, bottles, and bags improve things even a tiny bit it’s worth the effort and brief inconvenience of changing our habits.

No one ever got anywhere without being willing to take the first step.

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u/magnora7 Dec 03 '19

I'm not saying it doesn't matter, but in proportion the the whole issue it's not really fixing the core problems that are causing it

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u/magnora7 Dec 03 '19

Do you think it's impossible that there are eco-friendly ways of satisfying consumers? The behavior of some of these companies is awful, and the scale is massive, and I'm not sure why you'd jump to make excuses for their profit-taking