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Posted this because it brought up an interesting math question. It alleges "To ensure that they have lower global warming potential than conventional HDPE plast
by newswriter99 10y ago
Posted this because it brought up an interesting math question. It alleges "To ensure that they have lower global warming potential than conventional HDPE plastic bags" the following re-usable bags need to be reused x number of times:
-Paper bags: 3 times
-LDPE (low density poly ethelyene) bags: 4 times
-Non-woven PP (poly proplyene) bags: 11 times
-Cotton bags: 131 times
The op-ed says that number has to be multiplied for every time a plastic bag is re-used for say, picking up dog crap, or as a bathroom trash bag.
Thoughts?