I don't think so. The raw materials can be literally synthesized from thin air with enough energy input and you can burn plastics to get rid of them again.
What we definitely need to stop completely is letting plastics escape into the environment. Clothes made from plastic fibers for example need to go away.
Environmentalists are fighting an uphill battle so long as business, whose packaging decision are practically unilateral, aren't held accountable for their contributions.
The "education" that gets the most funding is simple mis-direction away from supply-side pollution to consumer-blaming "solutions".
Yes, but how do you make businesses accountable? Legislation perhaps? Who's going to vote for those? Perhaps if we could educate people to care, but as I said we're already trying that.
On a individual basis, I guess bringing up the issue more often is the best we can do really, I would definitely appreciate more environmentalism in politics discussions, but it feels very low-impact.
Price it appropriately. For the vast majority of the uses of plastic, it isn't the best solution, just the cheapest. Keep adding tax until something more sustainable is cheaper.
My guess would be to refuse some things, like plastic food wrappers where they can be switched out with paper. Reduce is using the same product material but using less of it in a single package.
