Re:Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': Greenpeace study
by Consultant32452 on Monday October 24, 2022 @01:44PM
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I forget the stat but you have to reuse those "reusable" bags like a thousand times before it becomes a net benefit. Even if you do reuse them, you are almost certainly not going to reuse it a thousand times before it wears out or whatever and you dispose of it.
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Re:Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': Greenpeace study
by Tagbert on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:04PM
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Only in terms of energy. Even then 1000 seems like a suspiciously large amount.
In terms of plastic use the reusable bags are much better. It doesn’t take too many reuses before a reusable bag is a net benefit. Compared to other energy uses the plastic bags are a tiny amount so I don’t worry too much about that.
Re:Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': Greenpeace study
by Consultant32452 on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:42PM
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https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-...
According to this Danish study a cotton bag has to be reused over 7k times.
Most of the reusable bags in grocery stores are polypropylene, and those you only have to reuse 37 times. So that is better.