I sometimes wonder if that’s the real agenda
Like recycling. Keeping us busy sorting things in to different bins. Without thinking about the absolute torrent of crap people order on a daily or weekly basis. But it’s ok because the cardboard and plastic packaging is going in a magical bin (which often isn’t that magical…)
When I was at school they used to talk about the 4 Rs, reduce, renew, reuse, recycle (I'm sure different variations exist). With recycling being essentially a last resort as it's so difficult and inefficient. But now it seems there is barely any mention of the first 3.
you tell someone, "hey don't order so much, it's bad for the environment", and they reply "you can't stop me doing something i want", like all the plastic-straw fans in this post
given a person who will make the same order regardless, recycling is better than not.
we need both things