Blame work and the scapegoating mechanism in market status-quo

This study explores the tenacity of plastics market and reveals blame work to explain status quo. Anti-plastic advocates accuse corporations regulators inefficient measures deployed control omnipresence, hazardous effects, indestructability plastic. Regulators focus on single-use plastic recycling mitigate omnipresence delegate responsibility other actors for its effects indestructability. Plastic producers distributors avoid by developing alternatives Consumers locally sporadically policy makers problems but lack resources social organization effect broad changes in market. From all these dynamics emerges a scapegoat: consumers accepting problems. Dynamics help maintain boundaries power interest contribute consumer responsibilization, reinforce imbalances, hinder collaboration among with different interests plastic, and, as such,