New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency

Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by globular-toast on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:38AM (#26212407)

Single use bags are always stupid. You can get bags or boxes that can be used hundreds of times before they need to be replaced.

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Re:New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with ... by madacol on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:43PM (#26216980)

TL;DR

# Reuses needed to break-even with standard single-use plastic bag (LDPE;Low-density polyethylene)

Organic cotton - 20,000 reuses

Conventional cotton - 7,100 reuses

Composite - 870 reuses

Recycled PET - 84 reuses

Polypropylene, non-woven, recycled - 52 reuses

Polypropylene, woven, recycled - 45 reuses

Unbleached paper - 43 reuses

Bleached paper - 43 reuses

Biopolymer - 42 reuses

Polyester PET, recycled - 35 reuses

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