My town's new plastic bag ban has people split on its real impact.

Small steps matter, but are we just patting ourselves on the back?

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Look at how much cleaner parks and drains get after these bans start. It cuts down on trash that costs millions to clean up every year. That's a direct effect, not just us being smug.

lily4171mo ago

Did you try washing bags to make them last?

aliceharris1mo ago

Yeah the_xena has a point about less litter, but those thicker reusable bags take way more energy to make. Swapping one problem for another sometimes.

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grace271mo ago

When @aliceharris said 'swapping one problem for another', it hit on a bigger pattern I see all the time. So many green fixes, from bags to cars, just move the environmental cost somewhere else. We never get a perfect answer, just less bad choices.