- A life cycle analysis by Denmark's Environment Ministry finds that you have to reuse an organic cotton shopping bag 20,000 times for its environmental damage to be lower than that of one plastic bag https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf 18 comments science
- A 2018 Danish study found that a reusable cotton shopping bag must be used 7100 times to equal the environmental impact of a standard polyethylene shopping bag. https://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-73-4.pdf 106 comments science
Linking pages
- Here's how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/world/cotton-tote-vs-plastic-bags-environment-climate-cost-scn/index.html 51 comments
- Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags Seem to Be Working – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/01/bans-single-use-plastic-bags/ 28 comments
- Statewide bans on plastic bags, straws are on Dems’ green to-do list in Olympia | The Seattle Times https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/dems-green-agenda-in-legislature-includes-attempts-to-ban-single-use-plastic-bags-straws/ 24 comments
- The Cotton Tote Crisis - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/style/cotton-totes-climate-crisis.html 2 comments
- Are cotton totes better for the Earth than plastic bags? It depends on what you care about - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/12/17337602/plastic-tote-bags-climate-change-litter-life-cycle-assessments-environment 0 comments
- FAQs on Plastics - Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/faq-on-plastics 0 comments
- Paper Straws Won't Stop Climate Change - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/paper-straws-wont-stop-climate-change/596302/ 0 comments
- New Zealand to phase out plastic bags from next year | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/10/australia/new-zealand-plastic-bags-intl/index.html 0 comments
- 52 things I learned in 2019 - Kent Hendricks https://kenthendricks.com/52-things-i-learned-in-2019/ 0 comments
- How to solve the plastic packaging paradox - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47161379 0 comments
- Here's how many times you actually need to reuse your shopping bags https://theconversation.com/heres-how-many-times-you-actually-need-to-reuse-your-shopping-bags-101097 0 comments
- Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/climate/climate-change-faq.html?unlocked_article_code=DLTi_EjrCoIT-Widcu0Th5FssPSB2NUWFj5r7U9QR1yRs0N8uMbhZLovMrLPa1A7Bu6qJjKDaiK7psqCX3PUqGx_U2SjfoHfL-7_ZWceB-GoKnBXkUcMSXKyfa09WCwBHf999atM5rHQf0sQJaiCz8E1NDIXpt9ZXVHvk8MbEQUnT1oED6ouQk0vkhiDo5UlFHeHZyJ_R3UyIsZwFNWJRpLCG8DZI_z8pHngOGjE6WXO_mA5rX4AUCUMHLcgoyBeKYra6R2-IJbBBPQb5pj-hwfQPrdwvEzR3lcOQ5ujVfgSOdhggwSuv7usz0kFApENG_05lVXfyIaopluZjr_drb3h3utOkg 0 comments