Re:How Green Is That Grocery Bag Ban? (2014) [pdf]
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:16PM
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Essentially nothing degrades in a landfill. Not even food waste.
If we don't use plastic shopping bags, we'll use something else that costs more to manufacture. Has more manufacturing impact on the environment. Paper, fabric etc. They can be reused, but it would take thousands of reuses to total less environmental damage than the extremely efficient plastic bag.
Its conceivable that plastic bags are the minimum impact to the environment, considering all the options.
If we don't use plastic shopping bags, we'll use something else that costs more to manufacture. Has more manufacturing impact on the environment. Paper, fabric etc. They can be reused, but it would take thousands of reuses to total less environmental damage than the extremely efficient plastic bag.
Its conceivable that plastic bags are the minimum impact to the environment, considering all the options.