Granted, this society produces too many material goods of inferior quality that have to be thrown away after brief use. Useless packaging alone is a sickening waste of this earth's resources. We live in Babylon. We must come out of it as much as possible. If we are not even attempting to lessen this stampede of waste from our effluent society, over the areas of which we have control, then we are certainly not following the Creator's code for righteous living.
Most people are lazy about doing what is right.
It is so much easier to toss a can into the garbage, than to crush it, store it, and later take a whole pile of cans to a recycling center, if you can find one, which usually isn't easy. One of the great lessons that the observance of the Sabbath should teach us is an admiration and respect of nature. On the Sabbath day, the Christian must leave nature untouched. Instead of plundering natural resources, the Sabbath teaches us to cease pollution, to appreciate and respect God's creation, and especially other human beings. The Ruler created the universe.