We are continually advancing in technology and increasing our production of materials. Unfortunately we sell them to Other poorer countries for cheap. This gets rid of it, and we make money on it also. Are we not destroying their environment, when they have no clue as to how harmful it really is. Of course this is not the only situation, and some may say that it is an extreme, but the fact of the matter is that it is real.
Progress does destroy sometimes slow, sometimes fast.
Where de-progression is the point at which advancment does more harm than good.