The COVID-19 outbreak is giving new meaning to those “sustainable” shopping bags that politicians and environmentalists have been so eager to impose on the public. These reusable tote bags can sustain ...
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You care about the environment. You take your reusable coffee cup for a refill instead of getting disposable ones each time. You shun single-use carrier bags for a cotton tote. You’re a diligent ...
For at least a few decades, Americans have been drilled in the superiority of tote bags. Reusable bags are good, we’re told, because they’re friendly for the environment. Disposable bags, on the other ...
With the statewide plastic bag ban going into effect this weekend, one New Yorker has made it his mission to give plastic bags a second life. Alex Dabagh is a leathersmith by trade but he recently ...
A year or so ago, I decided to start using less plastic. I bought an insulated water bottle for my morning coffee, as well as bee’s wax wraps to replace cellophane, and I largely stopped putting my ...
Campaigners say these bag hoards are creating fresh environmental problems, with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags. According to one eye-popping estimate, a ...