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The climate impact of paper bags is higher - even with recycling That said, plastic bags do reach rivers in the west - far more than other plastic packaging. I
by iso947 7y ago
The climate impact of paper bags is higher - even with recycling
That said, plastic bags do reach rivers in the west - far more than other plastic packaging. It might only be 1/10th of 1%, but that’s still a million bags a year clogging our rivers in the UK alone (at least until the number reduced)
- spodek 7y ago> The climate impact of paper bags is higher - even with recycling Plastic poisons wildlife and kills in other ways, so climate is a secondary, though significant, problem with plastic. In any case, the impact of using bags you already have -- that is, no new bags -- is far lower and practical. Thrift stores are overflowing with canvas bags companies give away that people haven't yet learned to stop accepting since they have so many. I'm still using a bag I got in the 90s and refusing new ones.