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Yes, and water waste from reusable coffe mugs is not an issue. Styrofoam in oceans is an issue.
by mrpopo 6y ago
Yes, and water waste from reusable coffe mugs is not an issue. Styrofoam in oceans is an issue.
- thebean11 6y agoSo then the comparison between mugs and bags doesn't make much sense, because unlike water waste carbon emissions are an issue.
- mrpopo 6y agoCarbon emissions from manufacturing plastic bags isn't really an issue either. The content of the bag will usually have a much higher carbon footprint (and if it doesn't, probably you wouldn't need a bag for it). If that is the price to pay to reduce plastic pollution it's a fair trade off.
- SifJar 6y ago> water waste ... is not an issue Except in the times & places that it is (i.e. times/places with water shortages)
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoWhile it is an issue, I'm afraid it'll be one that will encourage capitalism to pounce on it. There is plenty of water, it's just that it becomes more expensive if there is a shortage, compared to e.g. just pumping it up from the aquifer.
- gruez 6y ago>Styrofoam in oceans is an issue. The average styrofoam cup used at a cafe or event isn't going to end up in the ocean, unless the cafe/event is next to the ocean.
- Hahhaa 6y agoThere are other way for styrofoam cup to pollute ocean. Plastic disposal or recycling method used to (maybe still are) simply exported to or become a landfill. It will eventually degraded to micro-plastic, which follow water-flow and end up in ocean.
- gruez 6y agoLandfills in the US are lined. It's not getting out.