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Plastic bags have a special place in our hearts because of their unique characteristics as litter. With a small effort we cut our plastic use so low that somet
by beej71 3y ago
Plastic bags have a special place in our hearts because of their unique characteristics as litter.
With a small effort we cut our plastic use so low that sometimes on trash night I find the garbage can is still empty.
It's not that we don't buy single use plastic (good luck with potato chips), but we make an effort. Buying bulk and reusing plastic bags is key. If there's a glass option, buy that. And does the plastic garbage can need a plastic bag, really? Or can you use the same bag multiple times?
But it doesn't matter if I do it. Or even if 10% of the people do it. Won't save the world. Large scale bans are the only answer, and good luck with that.
- klodolph 3y ago> If there's a glass option, buy that. Is that better? Or is it worse? From estimates that I’ve seen, the glass bottle has 5x the carbon footprint of the corresponding plastic bottle. Glass can be recycled but it takes a lot of energy. Most products are not available in anything but single-use packaging. I’m all for large-scale bans, but the large-scale bans should be designed to have a positive impact, one large enough to justify the cost in some sense. I am concerned that the ban on single-use plastic shopping bags has, perhaps, had a negative impact on the environment.
- beej71 3y agoGood points... which devil to choose...?