I would say plastic bans only reduces ocean plastics on the tiny margin if the country has a well developed waste management system, which most European countri

I would say plastic bans only reduces ocean plastics on the tiny margin if the country has a well developed waste management system, which most European countries has. Coming from a country importing garbage to use as fuel in combined power and heating plants I see no major problem with some countries exporting garbage. China imported plastics to recycle, not throw into their rivers. They stopped because the learned that the health cost exceeded the tiny profits that industry made. With that said, banning some kinds of plastic use under certain circumstances is a good thing. For a sustainable solution we still need to figure out recycling, correctly used, plastic is an awesome material.