SOBERING NEWS ABOUT PLASTIC BAGS
For such a catastrophic topic, click on the link below for a surprisingly fun, fact-filled expose which is illustrated with photos for dummies like who who like to look at purdy pitchers. It's even got big letters for old dummies with poor eyesight.
POCONORECORD
posted by Lady Bunny at Saturday, July 26, 2008
1 Comments:
I don't know what to believe anymore. This was in the NY Times today in the Science section. I know carrying my own bag and taking no bag from a store is better, but still:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29tier.html?ref=science
5. Evil plastic bags. Take it from the Environmental Protection Agency : paper bags are not better for the environment than plastic bags. If anything, the evidence from life-cycle analyses favors plastic bags. They require much less energy — and greenhouse emissions — to manufacture, ship and recycle. They generate less air and water pollution. And they take up much less space in landfills.
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