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We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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Who knows what its consequences are? How about a simpler approach, like reducing plastic use maybe instead of some pie in the sky project?
I despise how many stores have stopped offering paper bags. I don't want an extra thick disposable plastic bag you claim is reusable for regulatory purposes, and won't actually be reused by most people, because they end up with so many that they are a drop in replacement for the older thinner plastic bags.
Just give me paper bags back. They are easily recyclable, or compostable if you put your compostables in it.
Paper bags are worse, except maybe for microplastics. But they take more resources to create, and aren't as recyclable as good plastic bags. You can use a canvas bag, but that takes even more resources to create. So you have to use the same canvas bag for years