• usualsuspect191
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    2 months ago

    The number of “reusable” bags I now encounter in the environment that contain way more plastic than the disposable ones (and can’t be used as garbage bags so now other disposable bags are created/used instead) makes me really skeptical banning plastic bags helps at all

    • shameless@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      There are other reusable bag options that are not plastic. I’m also strongly opposed to the reusable bag options which supermarkets offer because most are platic but you can get plenty of nice cotton or hessian material type bags around.

      I’m a bag fan of banning single use plastic but it should definitely go to the extent of even reusable plastic because its been demonstrated that reusable plastic options aren’t that much more sustainable.