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True, and single-use plastic wrappers are indeed a scourge.
But one thing is often omitted when ranting about "companies that profit from blowing everything up": They often produce stuff that we a) don't need and b) buy. Nobody needs new phones / computers every year, but they get produced. Almost nobody needs pickup trucks and SUVs, but the suburbs are full of the things. Nobody needs "fast fashion", but here we go.
It's true that international manufacturing companies cause a majority of CO2 pollution, but they produce stuff for everyone. If people bought less useless stuff, we'd be better off.
I do my best to conserve, I have a 10 year old car I keep up and try not to purchase frivolous items, but everything is from hygiene products to food comes in single use plastics...