“What this study tries to do is to say” to plastic manufacturers that “‘it’s not just that you’re hurting people’s lives, it’s that you’re costing the economy. ... You are profiting as companies off the backs of people’s health and well-being,’” he said.
Plastic manufacturers and the companies who use those containers don't care what it does to us. They just don't want to be forced to spread manufacturing out, to save on increased transportation costs that would come from using glass containers instead.
But that's what gov'ts have to do to change anything ... shut down plastic usage and/or force those companies who use them to pay for the environmental damage and cost of healthcare.