Dinyar Godrej explains why the packing industry loves shunting the blame on individual consumers.
That’s what the packaging industry wants you to think.
Own your shit - a truism for anyone with an environmental conscience. But what if said shit has been thrust upon you? That is the question the packaging and disposables industry rather you didn’t ask.
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