The Individualization of Responsibility

When out getting groceries, in Scotland, you have to pay a few pennies for a plastic bag, and more for paper, and even more for a reusable bag. In the USA, I've found, plastic bags are often free. Yet plastic bags are a significant source of environmental harm in both countries. Why is this the case? And why do we as consumers feel the burden of responsibility? As if we are the ones packing fruit and vegetables in ridiculous amounts of plastic, then providing environmentally damaging bags.

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