In Plastic-Bag Wars, the Industry Fights Back

Trade groups are spending more on lobbying, reaching out to consumers and promoting recycling amid mounting regulation. Their message: Plastic bans target only waste and don’t take account of environmental negatives associated with raw materials and the production of alternatives.

Stop using plastic bags, single use plastic bottles, and straws!

the goal is to REDUCE use of ALL bags.

RT : Trade groups say alternative materials do more harm to the environment than ...

They do. A re-usable bag has to be used over 100x in order to outweigh the cost plastic bags. These bags cost more materials to make, transport and use significantly more fossil fuel energy in the process. On average, consumers use these bags 3-6x before being thrown away...

It’s not about environment but about money. Don’t trust activists.

Corporate America is killing the world.

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Plastics Industry Pushes Back Against BansThe backlash against single-use plastic has engulfed straws, bags and takeout containers, but the plastics industry is fighting back, arguing alternatives can be worse for the environment and disruptive for businesses. 🙄 It’s like when the coal industry pushes back against alternative energy sources Without regulation and change we will be covered in plastic ten feet deep and the fish of our oceans shall be strangled and die.
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