Reusable bags take up more resources than using single-use plastic bags. You’d need to use the reusable bag for decades to make up for the additional resources to create that bag compared to single-use bags. Things slant even more towards plastic if you can use the bag more than once, like for a bathroom trash bag.
I’ve started just dumping out my smaller garbages into the bigger one instead of taking the bag out. My grocery bag collection is dwindling (makes me regret the times I decided I had enough and threw out a bunch). I’ll probably end up having to buy liners at some point, but I intend to reuse them when possible. Or fuck it, maybe just use naked trash cans and just clean them from time to time.
You should look up the fascinating technology of “reusable bags”. I haven’t bought one in years!
I shall relook into those bags I forget every time I go to the shops.
Maybe move on there mate…
Just remember the Tim Minchin song!
Ahahaha you’re a big dickhead I like you.
If you’re ever in Sydney we should get a beer and brutally insult each other.
See, this is the apex of dispute resolution
Reusable bags take up more resources than using single-use plastic bags. You’d need to use the reusable bag for decades to make up for the additional resources to create that bag compared to single-use bags. Things slant even more towards plastic if you can use the bag more than once, like for a bathroom trash bag.
Plastic bags get recycled into garbage bags.
Banning plastic bags means I have to BUY plastic bags for garbage
I’ve started just dumping out my smaller garbages into the bigger one instead of taking the bag out. My grocery bag collection is dwindling (makes me regret the times I decided I had enough and threw out a bunch). I’ll probably end up having to buy liners at some point, but I intend to reuse them when possible. Or fuck it, maybe just use naked trash cans and just clean them from time to time.
I didn’t argue for banning plastic bags. Using plastic bags for groceries is better for the environment than reusable bags.