Sure plastic is bad but we are all guilty of the effects it has on nature.
There is no way around the use of it for now(Thailand).
But in the bigger picture imo it is not so bad.
So what if it takes 50 000 years to degrade?
Soon there will be a bacteria that can consume plastic,just wait until they eat the interior of your car
or you pc.
I asked a Thai retailer why he always puts even very small things in a plastic bag.
He said he has to,if he does not ,people will think of him as being cheap and he will loose customers.
Looks like the most plastic in the seas does not come from bags,bottles and a likes.
Most plastic particles that can enter your blood stream are coming from tires,makes a lot of sense if you think about it.