{"id":1926,"date":"2019-04-10T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/textor.ca\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2020-05-30T19:50:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T01:50:34","slug":"plastic-single-use-bags-the-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/plastic-single-use-bags-the-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic single use bags &#8211; the economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Plastic Grocery Bag\" data-id=\"3386\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/plastic-single-use-bags-the-economics\/t-shirtbagwhite\/\" class=\"wp-image-3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/t-shirtBagWhite.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Planet Money explains in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/money\/2019\/04\/09\/711181385\/are-plastic-bag-bans-garbage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? (opens in a new tab)\">Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;sales of garbage bags actually skyrocketed after plastic grocery bags were banned&#8230;So about 30% of the plastic that was eliminated by the ban comes back in the form of thicker garbage bags&#8230;. On top of that, cities that banned plastic bags saw a surge in the use of paper bags, which she estimates resulted in about 80 million pounds of extra paper trash per year. paper bags are actually worse for the environment. &#8230; They require cutting down and processing trees, which involves lots of water, toxic chemicals, fuel, and heavy machinery. &#8230; the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions. That said, these bans do reduce non-biodegradable litter.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organic cotton tote bags need to be used 20,000 times before its use is better than a plastic grocery bag. &#8220;&#8230;the best reusable ones are made from polyester or plastics like polypropylene. . Those still have to be used dozens and dozens of times to be greener than plastic grocery bags, which have the smallest carbon footprint for a single use.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As for bag policies, Taylor says a fee is smarter than a ban. She has a second paper showing a small fee for bags is just as effective as a ban when it comes to encouraging use of reusable bags. But a fee offers flexibility for people who reuse plastic bags for garbage disposal or dog walking. &#8230; The best policy, Taylor says, imposes a fee on both paper and plastic bags and encourages reuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15Apr2019 update: Another economics podcast on plastic packaging (Cellophane). It presents the data and decisions that have made the modern plastic world and illustrates nicely the counter-intuitive conclusions that come up all the time in plastic packaging.   <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3csz2w3\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3csz2w3<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planet Money explains in &#8220;Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?&#8220; &#8220;&#8230;sales of garbage bags actually skyrocketed after plastic grocery bags were banned&#8230;So about 30% of the plastic that was eliminated by the ban comes back in the form of thicker garbage bags&#8230;. 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