Re:New York to Ban Natural Gas, Including Stoves, in New Bui...
by askvictor on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:49AM
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> There is more plastic polluting the environment in Australia thanks to plastic bag bans
Do you have a source for this? Specifically, plastic litter (not in landfill)? Preferably attributable to plastic bag bans and not just following a pre-existing trend?
> they have been replaced by paper bags which emit 10x more CO2
First up, who is giving you paper bags? I haven't come across one store that has replaced plastic bags with paper. Second, this argument was never about atmospheric CO2.
Do you have a source for this? Specifically, plastic litter (not in landfill)? Preferably attributable to plastic bag bans and not just following a pre-existing trend?
> they have been replaced by paper bags which emit 10x more CO2
First up, who is giving you paper bags? I haven't come across one store that has replaced plastic bags with paper. Second, this argument was never about atmospheric CO2.