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My friend said to skip the reusable bags and just use what I already have
She told me last year that buying a bunch of new cotton totes for groceries was worse than just reusing old plastic ones a few times. I thought she was nuts, but I looked it up. A study from 2021 said a cotton bag needs to be used over 100 times to be better than plastic. Now I just wash out my old plastic bags until they fall apart. Anyone else get advice that flipped your thinking on a green habit?
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ivangrant5d ago
Your friend is right, it's just math. But man, do we really need to stress over every single bag? Feels like we're missing the bigger picture sometimes.
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grace5655d ago
The math is right but stressing over each bag misses the forest for the trees.
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