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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
I don't think you're understandng the point being made. One reusable bag -- in its lifecycle -- is worth anywhere from hundreds to thousands of compostable ones in terms of its environmental impact when looking at its complete start-to-finish lifecycle. The SciShow episode talking about it was literally shared in this exact thread.
Getting a 'few' makes the problem even worse. For grocery store runs, I keep rolls of the Co-Op disposable bags in my map pocket and remember them no problem because they're the most compact option and easily hidden away. I hate keeping stuff randomly floating around in my car otherwise.
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Here is that video again. I assuming that these guys are reasonably accurate, I don't really see them as being in the pocket of "big plastic".
Having to use cotton bags more than 7,000 (45+ years for the same bag) or 20,000 (for "organic" cotton) times isn't really going to happen I don't think. We ordered take out today from a local restaurant we like to support, they already had bagged it in those reusable cotton bags when I arrived with my own bags. But the soup base spilled within and now it's half white and half pho soup stained. Do I wash this? What is the additional water/electrical/detergent pollution cost by doing so?
EDIT: The number of times needed for re-usable bags is crazy enough but the Safeway collapsible black boxes must be planet killers. They are very useful though like the Superstore plastic bins I guess.
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Originally Posted by chemgear
"It's complicated"
Having to use re-usable bags hundreds or even thousands of times was eye opening.
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