Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, disposable utensils by 2030

Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by wnissen on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:40AM (#16438839)

Plastic bags hold about 20-30 pounds, how much milk are we talking?

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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by rhplus on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:41PM (#16439455)

Many US supermarkets use very thin plastic bags. I'm guessing 0.5 mil []. They're noticeably thinner than the type you (used) to get from UK supermarkets. This site suggests that "reusable" type would be > 2.25 mil.

https://1bagatatime.com/learn/what-is-a-mill/

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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by coldtea on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:45AM (#16438892)

Plastic bags can easily tear with just a small box being sideways and its corners cutting into the bag...

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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by BinaryIdiot on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:57AM (#16439016)

Depends on the type of plastic bag. If we're talking Walmart grade plastic bags then those are not going to hold 20 pounds. You'd be lucky to hold 10 pounds with those terrible bags. Safeway bags, thought? Those are crazy thick and strong and could easily handle 30 pounds.

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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by jwilk on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:09PM (#16439126)

For metrics units users, that's 9-14 kg.

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