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Single-use bags take up to 1,000 years to degrade in landfill. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags an
by exodust 10y ago
Single-use bags take up to 1,000 years to degrade in landfill.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually.
There's your "way, shape and form".
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoEssentially nothing degrades in a landfill. Not even food waste. If we don't use plastic shopping bags, we'll use something else that costs more to manufacture. Has more manufacturing impact on the environment. Paper, fabric etc. They can be reused, but it would take thousands of reuses to total less environmental damage than the extremely efficient plastic bag. Its conceivable that plastic bags are the minimum impact to the environment, considering all the options.