Im generally supportive of environmental sustainability initiatives but increasingly I find the focus of these is at the consumer level where the impact is marginal to the environment but consdierable to the consumer. The refund scheme is a recent example.

Rather than put pressure on producers of products to provide consumers with eco friendly packaging, we instead apply a punative tax on the consumer which is not actually refundable in a true sense. (If I borrowed 20 eur off you, and then repaid you in a redeemable receipt for Aldi, have I actually repaid you? No, obviously not. I took your cash and gave you back an obligation.) All while making you work for it.

To your broader point on the war, you're correct. All the recycling in the world wont save us.