Mm, I guess plastic bags gained traction because they are so very evident by the sides of roads, caught up in trees etc. But presumably you could make thousands of them out of (generic piece of plastic tat).

Only the rich have the spare time to worry about the world rather than their own lives of course.

Which is OK, because the rich cause far more pollution and environmental damage through their consumption than the poor do, so should have more to worry about. But makes it all the more frustrating that their worry is mis-applied.