Bags
The battle of the bags rages on – more specifically, on what constitutes a sustainable shopping bag. But surely the answer is simple? Just bring your own reusable bag. There are two problems with that. First, most shoppers don’t. And second, life cycle assessments show that bags need to be reused between 37 times (for plastic) and 1,000 times (for cotton) to have a lower ecological footprint than single-use plastic bags. That’s why Walmart, Target, and CVS Health are working with Closed Loop Partners on the Beyond the Bag Initiative, which is a call for innovators to reinvent single use shopping bags.
— Wayne Visser
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