We get “cloth” bags made of plastic that’s ostensibly recycled. They’ll last for quite a long time.
Stores hand them out for a small fee if you forget your bags. But now I’ve got approaching a hundred because I’m terrible at remembering bags and I don’t have options when I get to the till. So they’re really disposable to me because I just have too many.
Not cleaning them definitely is a problem; I wash them occasionally but it’s kinda gross to think about. Some have a base in them that needs to be taken out and that makes it even less frequent that they are washed. As they’re used and when they’re washed they shed microplastics.
I’d like paper better, if I knew with certainty that the forest that was harvested to create, the pulp was actually intended for pulp, instead of being some old growth forest that a forestry company has green washed. Then, there’s a fair bit of nasty chemicals, involved in the paper making process.
I have a few cotton bags, which are fantastic, because they are easily washed, hold a great deal of weight, and definitely last longer than the plastic versions.
We get “cloth” bags made of plastic that’s ostensibly recycled. They’ll last for quite a long time.
Stores hand them out for a small fee if you forget your bags. But now I’ve got approaching a hundred because I’m terrible at remembering bags and I don’t have options when I get to the till. So they’re really disposable to me because I just have too many.
Not cleaning them definitely is a problem; I wash them occasionally but it’s kinda gross to think about. Some have a base in them that needs to be taken out and that makes it even less frequent that they are washed. As they’re used and when they’re washed they shed microplastics.
I’d like paper better, if I knew with certainty that the forest that was harvested to create, the pulp was actually intended for pulp, instead of being some old growth forest that a forestry company has green washed. Then, there’s a fair bit of nasty chemicals, involved in the paper making process.
I have a few cotton bags, which are fantastic, because they are easily washed, hold a great deal of weight, and definitely last longer than the plastic versions.