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Tesco/plastic bags

Have just received notification from Tesco that after 19th August they are no longer supplying single use plastic bags.Or paper ones. They will continue to use for veg and raw meat.  Can some scientific bod give me a reason as to  why no paper bags?

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2666d1 Comments

It takes a lot of water and energy to make paper.  There is so much unnecessary packaging.  The only good thing about paper is that if and when it escapes it causes less harm.It is best to take your own bags and reuse them many many times - just like when we used to use shopping baskets.There is a great prize winning essay by Matthew Carmichael titled The Perils of Plastic Amnesia.  It amusingly reminds of of how we got into this situation with supermarket carrier bags. You will find the essay if you Google it.

Philippa Bond ● 2666d