You’re exactly correct. I used to work in a manufacturing environment, and the amount of single-use plastic our production team used on a daily basis was staggering. I would estimate that company created as much plastic waste in one day as my household did in three months.

Consumer recycling or boycotts is only a drop in the bucket. Industry will have to shift away from single-use plastic if we’re going to have any chance of saving ourselves from a future filled with generations worth of garbage.

Keep in mind, plastic is everywhere partly because it’s a petroleum byproduct.