Misdirection
Are we abandoning common sense in the name of science? I keep seeing life-cycle assessments (LCAs) that miss the point entirely. The most dramatic is an LCA by the Danish government, which concludes that single-use plastic bags are the best environmental option. As expected, it measures resource consumption, showing that paper or cotton takes more energy and water to produce than plastic (the marine litter and microplastics crisis are conveniently ignored). Should I therefore choose a single-use, oil-derived product that doesn’t biodegrade over a bio-based, reusable product made from renewable resources that can be sustainably produced? I remain unconvinced.
— Wayne Visser
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