"The issue of waste is similar to that of air pollution in this sense. **Eventually, people reach a stage of development where their priorities tip**. In the early stages, people are willing to accept waste. It’s not nice, but it’s a trade-off they’ll accept in return for having the benefits those materials bring. **Then, further down the line, people realise they want waste-free rivers and shorelines. They expect local councils to have a plan to collect and manage the city’s waste**. When that transition happens, plastic stops leaking into the ocean. It’s as simple as that. ([Location 3900](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=3900))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[climate-change]], [[pollution]], [[Environmental Kuznets Curve]], [[tragedy-of-the-commons]], [[public-policy]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]