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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by jdietrich on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @02:14PM (#19731275)
>When i visited Germany you bought a bag if you didn't have one and it seemed everyone had them.

Re-usable carrier bags are worse for the environment under any realistic scenario.

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Re:Just 10% of U.S. plastic gets recycled. A new kind of pla... by detaro on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @02:17PM (#19731317)
TIL the cloth bag I've been using for the past decade or so is "unrealistic". Still, interesting data.
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