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I think it's working as intended. It incentivises buying a good quality plastics or cloth bag and reuse.
by Abroszka 2y ago
I think it's working as intended. It incentivises buying a good quality plastics or cloth bag and reuse.
- yojo 2y agoCloth bags are problematic. The Danish EPA put the break-even on cotton bags at 7,100 re-uses (or 20,000 for organic)[1]. Most people won’t shop enough in their life to pay back that organic cotton bag - reusing twice a week, it will take you 200 years before you break even. 1: https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-... - see section 6.3 for reuse numbers