[jl6]

Those polluting countries are making stuff that the West consumes, so if we want to stop them polluting we just have to stop buying all this stuff that requires pollution to make. So it is absolutely within our gift to put an end to it.

[refurb]

Go to Asian and see how much plastic is domestically used. It’s far more pervasive (in my experience) than the west. Everything goes into a plastic bag.

[tomp]

> Everything goes into a plastic bag.

This needs to be expanded upon. During my recent trip to Japan (mostly Tokyo, not sure if that's representative of the rest of the country), everything was packed in a plastic bag. Pretty much each individual item (when we were e.g. shopping for ready-made food), was already packed in plastic, then was put into individual plastic bags, and then all of those were again put into a plastic bag to carry. I probably used more plastic bags in a few days than I would have in a few months in the West (UK)!

[lopmotr]

No. It's consumer products like food packaging. Not industrial waste from producing export goods.

Unless you're saying you want to economically cripple them so they stop being able to afford packaged food or just die out entirely?