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Superficial is good in this case. One of the worst things about plastic bags is that they end up wrapped around every roadside bush in Africa, Southeast Asia an
by jasonkester 3y ago
Superficial is good in this case. One of the worst things about plastic bags is that they end up wrapped around every roadside bush in Africa, Southeast Asia and South America.
I’ve never seen one of those beefy reusable carrier bags blowing around on the side of a road.
- treme 3y agoInstead they will wreck havoc on marine life because they decompose into loops of stringy rope that's difficult to break
- kibwen 3y agoWhy does this comment feel like someone trying to vice-signal about their lack of care for the environment while attempting to manipulate the people who do by making up complete nonsense? No, reusable shopping bags are not worse for the environment than disposable ones.
- treme 3y agohttps://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/13/world/reusable-grocery-bags-cotton-plastic-scn/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/13/world/reusable-grocery-ba... "a cotton bag should be used at least 7,100 times to make it a truly environmentally friendly alternative to a conventional plastic bag."
- alphaddx 3y agoWell it wasn't "vice-signalling" as they posted a source and had a legitimate criticism yet you assumed bad faith and attacked them based on that.
- postepowanieadm 3y agoHow American plastic bags ban affects Africa, Southeast Asia and South America?
- dymk 3y agoWe ship our plastic to those countries