Be more active in knowing what you are buying and who you are buying it from. For example, fair trade is a designation used for coffee and tea to not only make sure that justice is done by paying farmers fair wages but they also make sure that these farmers farm responsibly: they take care of the land, they don’t farm the nutrients out of soil, they don’t farm cocoa beans that will be used for cocaine. So purchasing fair trade is good for the environment.
The US has better regulations for companies in regards to waste and their environment. Going overseas and to Mexico provides the benefit of lower wages but also companies do not have to spend money to prevent the waste products from hurting the land. Many of these companies are in China.
Do the companies that you buy from, manufacture responsibly? This is hard because it takes some time to sort through all the information and misinformation and misinterpretation.