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even though most of their articles are of necessity still busy spreading the alarm. They don't just know all that's known about the problem but all about the many ways it's being attacked, and research for new ways. In not too many decades, this crisis will evolve into mostly cautionary history that students will learn about in school. They'll be shocked that people once carried goods home in plastic bags that went straight into the trash.
Btw, what's this "we"? 
My husband and I carry a stock of reusable grocery bags in both vehicles, have said no to coffee pods makers as gifts 3 times now (our kids love theirs), don't buy soft drinks, seldom eat at fast food places that generate massive trash, don't need straws in restaurants, etc. Avoiding plastic bottles/jars is currently a problem, as almost nothing comes in glass anymore so you can't choose or that, but avoiding produce frivolously packaged in plastic and not using plastic bags in produce departments as much as possible is easier than mentioning it here.
Not a single regretful, much less heroic sacrifice, I admit, just following some of the easier things people who don't just accept and shrug are doing.
to the creative mind behind it.
