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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by jasonkester on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:48AM (#39251151)
Superficial is good in this case. One of the worst things about plastic bags is that they end up wrapped around every roadside bush in Africa, Southeast Asia and South America.

I’ve never seen one of those beefy reusable carrier bags blowing around on the side of a road.

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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by postepowanieadm on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:19AM (#39251526)
How American plastic bags ban affects Africa, Southeast Asia and South America?
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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by dymk on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:40PM (#39252409)
We ship our plastic to those countries
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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by treme on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:38AM (#39251715)
Instead they will wreck havoc on marine life because they decompose into loops of stringy rope that's difficult to break
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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by kibwen on Sunday February 04, 2024 @04:57PM (#39254936)
Why does this comment feel like someone trying to vice-signal about their lack of care for the environment while attempting to manipulate the people who do by making up complete nonsense? No, reusable shopping bags are not worse for the environment than disposable ones.
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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by treme on Sunday February 04, 2024 @09:46PM (#39256722)
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/13/world/reusable-grocery-ba...

"a cotton bag should be used at least 7,100 times to make it a truly environmentally friendly alternative to a conventional plastic bag."

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Re:Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided ... by alphaddx on Monday February 05, 2024 @12:42AM (#39257746)
Well it wasn't "vice-signalling" as they posted a source and had a legitimate criticism yet you assumed bad faith and attacked them based on that.
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