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> Paper bags aren't ideal, either, says Lakhan. They're less durable than a single-use plastic bag, and when they break down in the environment, they release ca
by boxed 1y ago
> Paper bags aren't ideal, either, says Lakhan. They're less durable than a single-use plastic bag, and when they break down in the environment, they release carbon and methane into the atmosphere.
> "So unless we have the ability to capture that carbon, it's just actually extra emissions," he said.
That's fossil fuel propaganda, or someone being very stupid.
The carbon released from paper bags breaking down was from TREES. Not from fossil sources.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoBesides, the paper recycling loop is very well optimized. Few will actually end up in the environment, and if they do they just decompose. But yes, agreed that this is unnecessary negative propaganda. That said, paper bags are fragile compared to their plastic counterparts.
- boxed 1y agoThat they are fragile is also the reason they don't end up as microplastics in our food and water. So yea, negative in some ways but also massively positive in others.