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A comment on California's plastic bag ban is failing.

Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by xkjyeah on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:16PM (#37421244)
unpopular opinion in this US-centric forum, but just burn the bags when they end up in the trash. Much of Europe does that. Bags are just hydrocarbons and burning them completely releases nothing but CO2 and water.

Then the landfill ceases to be an issue and we can focus on CO2.

Well, CO2 is a problem, but plastic bags are already more CO2 efficient than any alternative bags given the average number of uses in their lifetime.

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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by hathchip on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:33PM (#37421546)
> Much of Europe

Single-use plastic shopping bags are banned or levied in much of Europe.

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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by underseacables on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:32PM (#37421537)
What would a mass burn of plastics like this do to an area?
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by dpkirchner on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:38PM (#37421636)
Doesn't matter, as long as they're not burnt near my yard.
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by HPsquared on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:20PM (#37424998)
If the combustion is well-run and the exhaust properly filtered, nothing.
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