considering that he had, per that article, a criminal history of "dangerous driving, assault, theft and burglary", in addition to threatening assault, and theft again (plus self harm & suicide attempts)? doesnt seem like the most stable guy - he'd be in prison for something else or in a psych ward if it wasnt for the IPP
that's how economies of scale work. unless the majority of the population (globally) boycotts all of those companies and their subsidiaries, which isnt going to happen, nothing will change.
someone else just needs to start a business model around cleaning up plastic pollution - it's certainly never going to go away on its own.
are those people registered to vote?