In my mind that is like taking a car to a carwash, right before driving it off a cliff. There really isn't a need for a carwash. There are 2k nuclear missles pointed to us - with a mad man about to push a button. Sure recycle. But.
We didn't stop all human activity or activism for the last 70 years and neither should we have done so.
This is the biggest Whataboutism if have ever heart of.
So for the rest of the world maybe we can focus on climate change.