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> They did a comparison to cloth bags here. you have to use a colored clothbag about 30.000 times before you break even with a plastic bag. That study (https:/
by skrause 7y ago
> They did a comparison to cloth bags here. you have to use a colored clothbag about 30.000 times before you break even with a plastic bag.
That study (https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-...) compared the resource consumption of:
1. A plastic bag then reused as a trash bag before discarded.
2. A reused cotton bag where you then also buy separate plastic bags for the trash can.
- coryrc 7y agoSounds fair, as I am required to bag my garbage.
- nothrabannosir 7y agoAs someone else pointed out, the problem with plastic bags wasn’t resource usage but littering. This study is irrelevant.