again, very good, informative and IMPORTANT article! thank you so much! it is frustrating that the topic of recycling is still neglected is that many countries. Sure, there is a huge problem of hunger and one may argue that it's much more significant. But the awareness in the developing countries must be raised! on the other hand i have friends who do not pay too much attention to recycling:( in 21st century! i am always like a bad cop, try to educate and make them more "sensible". but i see they get tired of my "blablabla". It's like with smoking i guess.. if you don't want to quit yourself, you will continue although you have heard million reasons of why it is not good for your health.
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Thanks for the kind words and great comment, @k-a-s-i-a, and sorry for not replying sooner.
I don't see why we should not try to solve this problem, just because these are other (worse) problems. The thing is that these are also kind of interconnected; more plastic waste will lead to problems for certain fish populations, which will reduce the available fish, and in turn might even lead to more people starving. This is a big, global problem that we all need to address!
It's great to hear that you are trying to get people to do the right thing, but I share your experience of the people that won't really listen or care about it. It's perfectly normal to have cognitive dissonance with your own bad behavior, so I guess that is one of the things that could explain it, but we should not let this stop us from trying to educate people on the matter :)