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

Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by ImJamal on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:45PM (#37421767)
>Organic cotton is ahead of plastic for greenhouse gases after 149 uses. That's a small number of uses for a cotton tote bag, which should last several years of daily wear.

Is it a small number? I put my bags in my shopping cart so I always wash them after each use since the carts are unsanitary. Once you start washing them after each use, the bags fall apart rather quickly. It might not be less than 149 uses, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by hathchip on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:59PM (#37421968)
Do you wash your clothes after wearing them? Maybe you should start wearing single-use plastic clothes since it's obviously much better for the environment.
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Re:California's plastic bag ban is failing by ImJamal on Friday September 08, 2023 @10:34AM (#37434015)
I wash my clothes after each use. Clothing, unlike the cheap grocery bags, are usually better quality and last longer than bags. Perhaps I just have cheap bags, but they don't seem to last all that long.
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