The machine will not allow itself to be dismantled. The corporations own the people that make the laws, and they won't stand to see their profits drop. We need leadership that cares more about the planet and its future than money and their bank accounts. I want to believe that will happen, because it can, but I feel like the decline is accelerating and we're more likely to be screwed than saved.

Pretty much everything sold now contains some sort of plastic, if not the object for sale, then the packaging or tags.

Until the manufacturers aren't held responsible for the crisis they've created they'll continue to pump it out.