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In an effort to reduce plastic bag pollution, Kenya has introduced tough laws that will result in a prison term of up to 4 years or a maximum of $40,000 for any Kenyan producing, selling or even using plastic bags, although initial enforcement will target manufacturers and suppliers.
"The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda and Italy."
Bags can take 500-1000 years to decompose, in the mean time killing or harming wildlife and entering the human food chain.
What is being done about plastic bag pollution where you live?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by edIII on Tuesday August 29 2017, @06:00PM (1 child)
You're wrong about paper bags. I reuse them constantly when I forget to have the extremely durable reusable bags with me. For that matter, some are canvas and a lot tougher. Trader Joe's sells some pretty damn tough bags.
The paper bags are useful in all kinds of ways, and are more reusable then you think. I fold mine after use and keep a collection of folded paper bags. Anytime I need to go somewhere I find myself often grabbing one and putting my stuff in it. Probably have 50-60 by now. If you have kids or projects, you can find use for them too. Not to mention kindling for starting fires, and probably a ton of other stuff I'm forgetting like covering school books.
Paper bags come in 100% recycled materials too, so we aren't chopping down forests getting the things anymore. I'd be interested to see the numbers crunched, but I disagree that paper bags are clearly that inferior. Although, on a rainy day, I would spend the effort to find the Trader Joe's bag.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Tuesday August 29 2017, @07:22PM
For that matter, some are canvas and a lot tougher.
Um, no. Canvas is not a type of paper, it's a type of cloth. It's not a paper bag at all. Canvas makes a pretty good bag I'll admit, but it's no more closely related to paper than reusable plastic bags are.
The paper bags are useful in all kinds of ways, and are more reusable then you think. I fold mine after use and keep a collection of folded paper bags. Anytime I need to go somewhere I find myself often grabbing one and putting my stuff in it
Yeah, I do the exact same thing with my reusable plastic shopping bags. And unlike your crappy paper bags, when mine get wet (either because of rain or because something spilled in the bag), it's no big deal since plastic is impervious to water. They sell the things for less than a dollar, so I have a bunch of them.
Not to mention kindling for starting fires
If I want to start a fire, I've got plenty of waste paper for that; I certainly don't need a paper bag.
If you have kids or projects, you can find use for them too. ... like covering school books.
No kids here, and no school books. I never really saw the point of covering books when I was in school either; they stay in good shape just find as long as you don't abuse them.
I'd be interested to see the numbers crunched, but I disagree that paper bags are clearly that inferior. Although, on a rainy day, I would spend the effort to find the Trader Joe's bag.
Or you can just keep waterproof bags around instead, and not have to check the weather report before you decide which bags to bring with you. (I keep my plastic bags folded in my car trunk.) I'm sorry, I just don't see any advantage to paper bags at all, once you've spent a few dollars and gotten a decent collection of the plastic ones.