Commentary: Recycling Plastic Bags – Not Banning Them – is the Answer
From The Sacramento Bee, in a commentary by Pete Grande and Christine Flowers:
“The path America is taking to resolve the plastic bag issue is neither sound economically, nor greener, healthier or more responsible. …
“Perhaps most troubling is evidence that where local bans on plastic bags have been implemented, there has been an exponential increase in the use of paper bags. Sadly, the anti-plastic lobby and public policymakers are now ignoring the fact that a single-use paper bag requires cutting down and shipping trees to be manufactured, using millions more gallons of water, energy and chemicals.”
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