Cutting off plastic pollution and more at the source

At the tip top of my list of things that make you go hmmmm is this little gem. (And I do my part, but...) Why is it the average citizen is always left holding the bag and making up for all the irresponsible companies manufacturing tons upon tons of plastic and other products that jeopardize the planet?

Why are we expected to spend countless hours sorting it all out and in some cases paying for it to be picked up and processed?

Pinterest is filled with clever ways to re-use one time use items made with environmentally hazardous products and we fall for it every time.

Meanwhile, we miss the most obvious solution.

Why don't the powers that be simply make it illegal to make this crap in the first place?

Why in the heck is so much guilt loaded onto the average citizen when they can't afford or haven't the means to recycle in communities where doing so is neither free nor easily done? If “they” want us to recycle everything, why do “they” make it so hard?

In other words, why are average citizens always held responsible for the messes left behind by big business?

The answer is that there would be less money in the pockets of the ultra rich, of course. Awww, don't you feel so sorry for the billionaire owners of these companies who will lose money if they have to do things the right way?

And of course, they will try to pass the truth behind their actions off by citing job losses. Really? Are we going there? Because certainly, there will be more jobs created by the new, more responsible industries. We've seen that coming to fruition with wind and solar power already.

But hey, it's easier to make the average citizen feel guilty for corporate irresponsibility, right?

Yup.

And so it goes, forever and ever, Amen.