All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: researchers

Re:All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: res... by SECProto on Saturday October 19, 2019 @12:10PM (#21299176)

How does this result in a net-increase in plastic waste? Were you somehow getting the exact number of bags you needed to use as bin liners, and now you buy extra?

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Re:All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: res... by dannyw on Sunday October 20, 2019 @12:28AM (#21302287)

I usually had no more than 3-4 disposable plastic bags saved up as bin liners.

Now I have to buy bin liners, as well as the occasional reusable plastic bag. The reusable plastic bag has 4x the plastic content of the disposable ones.

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Re:All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: res... by SECProto on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:11AM (#21304249)

What happened to the other disposable plastic bags you took home? Presumably your garbage output was less than your grocery input?

And yes, having to buy a new reusable bag if you forgot yours is frustrating. Which makes it memorable, and less likely to happen again - though that may be more of a personal thing.

If you have a lot of extra reusable plastic bags, perhaps you could push your local grocery store to put in a "take a bag/leave a bag" box? To ensure they get put to good use

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Re:All plastic waste could be recycled into new plastic: res... by fierarul on Saturday October 19, 2019 @01:22PM (#21299552)

Some of these eco-rules result in inconveniencing your life and increasing your costs with at most a zero change of the overall plastics use.

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