Re:Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic for th...
by spodek on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:02AM
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> The climate impact of paper bags is higher - even with recycling
Plastic poisons wildlife and kills in other ways, so climate is a secondary, though significant, problem with plastic.
In any case, the impact of using bags you already have -- that is, no new bags -- is far lower and practical. Thrift stores are overflowing with canvas bags companies give away that people haven't yet learned to stop accepting since they have so many. I'm still using a bag I got in the 90s and refusing new ones.
Plastic poisons wildlife and kills in other ways, so climate is a secondary, though significant, problem with plastic.
In any case, the impact of using bags you already have -- that is, no new bags -- is far lower and practical. Thrift stores are overflowing with canvas bags companies give away that people haven't yet learned to stop accepting since they have so many. I'm still using a bag I got in the 90s and refusing new ones.