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>paper might sometimes even be worse as it will cost more energy to produce them than plastic That's the point. Plastic is cheap to produce but costly to look
by NullPrefix 8y ago
>paper might sometimes even be worse as it will cost more energy to produce them than plastic
That's the point. Plastic is cheap to produce but costly to look after. Paper is costly to produce but cheap to look after.
- cc81 8y agoAnd my point is that it is not necessarily true in countries with good waste management. I will take Sweden as an example with plastic bags. I cannot find the quotation now but a researcher was asked about plastic bags and the environmental impact on them and the point was that it was not as clear as people think. In Sweden almost all plastic bags ends up being burned like this: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/energy-production/sweden-is-great-at-turning-trash-to-energy.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/e... That is very cheap. And the result would be that the total environmental impact for the complete life cycle might be greater if you choose a paper bag as more energy was required in creating it.