We can move on.
I would assert that the problem is not that the plastics exist; it's how people choose to use them or how they behave badly. In high trust countries like Singapore, everybody follows the rules. They don't toss the straw out; they put it in the receptacle.
I would like to move on to another point.
In your remarks, you stated that the government's withdrawal from the export ban effectively acknowledged that these measures would pose economic costs without delivering meaningful environmental results.
Could you expand on that?