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Ottawa says industry's challenge of single-use plastics ban will have no 'practical effect' (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I kind of get straws, but plastic bags are NOT single use. Everyone I know, or even talk to about it, has a bag of bags in their home somewhere. Those things get reused more than almost any plastic out there. and the paper bags they replaced them with, have a much higher carbon footprint in the manufacturing of them, and they are truly single use because they're usually falling apart after a single use.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I have to buy white garbage bags now for the trashcans that were specifically bought for shopping bags to fit them. Now that's true single use plastic.

    This ban is a dog and pony show. But I guess that doesn't surprise me at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    The issue isn't only the carbon footprint of creating them. It's what happens to them end of life.

    Not everyone used plastic bags as garbage bags and many of them just got thrown in the trash. Many of them also ended up in the environment.

    On the whole I can't imagine plastic bags were used more than 1.1 times each. But I would love to see an actual number for this if anyone has one.

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