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"For a cotton tote to have less environmental impact than a plastic bag, it has to be reused 7,100 times. So why do tote bags have such good PR?" https://www.n
by m0nty 7y ago
"For a cotton tote to have less environmental impact than a plastic bag, it has to be reused 7,100 times. So why do tote bags have such good PR?"
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/environment/2019/07/how-britain-fell-love-tote-bag-and-why-it-s-dangerous-fiction https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/environment/2019/07/ho...
- lorenzhs 7y agoTurns out, because the 7100x number is based on a misunderstanding of the study it's from, and the actual number for climate impact is 52x: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20581751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20581751
- m0nty 7y agoI was wondering about that, so thank you for the clarification. The other issue I had with it was that plastic bags are notorious for ending up in hedgerows and waterways, so there is that secondary impact from being a disposable item, which cotton or hemp bags don't have so much.
- KozmoNau7 7y agoThat's a gross misunderstanding of what the study actually shows: https://twitter.com/arthurhcyip/status/1115749675762581504 https://twitter.com/arthurhcyip/status/1115749675762581504