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Uniqlo to switch from plastic to paper bags worldwide from Sept

2 points by Ultramanoid 7y ago

ryeights 7y ago
Regular reminder: paper bags are less environmentally friendly than plastic bags >It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag. [...] The majority of paper bags are made by heating wood chips under pressure at high temperatures in a chemical solution. The use of these toxic chemicals contributes to both air pollution, such as acid rain, and water pollution. These chemicals can pollute waterways; the toxicity of the chemicals is long-term and settles into the sediments, working its way through the food chain. Further toxicity is generated as both plastic and paper bags degrade. Paper bags generate 70% more air and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags. http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2011/environment/3611.pdf http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/pu... Paper bags have to be reused 3 times in order to be as environmentally friendly as a single-use plastic bag; if you reuse your plastic bags as trash can liners, that number increases to 7 reuses. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
- Ultramanoid 7y ago
  Uniqlo's paper bags are quite nice and useful and you can see people reusing them quite a bit. For us at home, one of them certainly lasts several months at least, with all kinds of uses. https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2017/12/14/lf_urgent_uniqlo_xmas_season_paper_bag_1513234157_faae30ce.jpg https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2017/12/14... Also : > On September 1, stores in 12 markets worldwide will begin using eco-friendly paper bags made of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified recycled paper... https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/uniqlo-reusable-bags/ https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/uniqlo-reusable-bags/ Several years ago, Uniqlo also introduced a program to collect used clothes in their stores, both for donation and recycling. You could do worse than this company is doing. We're already literally breathing, eating, drinking, and pooping plastic. Time to stop using it.

2 points by Ultramanoid 7y ago

Regular reminder: paper bags are less environmentally friendly than plastic bags >It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag. [...] The majority of paper bags are made by heating wood chips under pressure at high temperatures in a chemical solution. The use of these toxic chemicals contributes to both air pollution, such as acid rain, and water pollution. These chemicals can pollute waterways; the toxicity of the chemicals is long-term and settles into the sediments, working its way through the food chain. Further toxicity is generated as both plastic and paper bags degrade. Paper bags generate 70% more air and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags. http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2011/environment/3611.pdf http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/pu... Paper bags have to be reused 3 times in order to be as environmentally friendly as a single-use plastic bag; if you reuse your plastic bags as trash can liners, that number increases to 7 reuses. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

Ultramanoid 7y ago
Uniqlo's paper bags are quite nice and useful and you can see people reusing them quite a bit. For us at home, one of them certainly lasts several months at least, with all kinds of uses. https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2017/12/14/lf_urgent_uniqlo_xmas_season_paper_bag_1513234157_faae30ce.jpg https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2017/12/14... Also : > On September 1, stores in 12 markets worldwide will begin using eco-friendly paper bags made of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified recycled paper... https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/uniqlo-reusable-bags/ https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/uniqlo-reusable-bags/ Several years ago, Uniqlo also introduced a program to collect used clothes in their stores, both for donation and recycling. You could do worse than this company is doing. We're already literally breathing, eating, drinking, and pooping plastic. Time to stop using it.