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Paper bags have a larger print on earth....
The manufacturing process makes at least 10 times more waste (and poisons the soil)
Better to reuse plastic bags... -
@RodrigoF Or use a sturdy backpack!
But yeah, most paper contains about as much plastic polymers as plastic bags. -
@bittersweet problem is in the processing...
New or recicled a lot of chemicals are used (water based, to wash, clean and white the paper)
Plastic bags have almost no finger print on production and recicling... -
@RodrigoF Yup, and the drying... I've momentarily worked in a paper factory, and there were two giant turbines gobbling up 1500m3 gas/minute to heat up drying machines. And thousands of liters of fibre rich effluent water running off into a lake at 60c...
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@bittersweet
The water in the lake is lake is the worst... Should be a low against it, but It's hard to create laws against lobbies...
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