No one is talking about morals here. They are just limiting how much of someone else's garbage they are cleaning up.
They are creating it, that's true. But the buyers (i.e. developed nations) know very well that the stuff they're asking them to produce is harmful for the environment, so their hands are equally dirty here. When demand goes down, so will supply.
We design the products and the packaging as part of branding. The Chinese ship us what we order.
When was the last time you bought a star wars action figure, pair of rollerblades, computer, or smartphone where all that design work was done in China? You likely haven't. We design and order, they manufacture and fill the order. Not making a moral judgement here. It's just that right or wrong, that's how things work currently.
We order the plastic, China is now saying that we have to keep what we order.
Who's buying from the Chinese? It's not like their fault that other people want to buy their stuff.
Look to the supply chain of who's putting plastic spoons/forks in restaurants in the US/EU and you'll probably find lots of profit from non-chinese companies.
