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RE: https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk/116640988673263220

Interestingly the article totally fails to mention that
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Hawaii,
Maine,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Vermont,
Washington,
the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, United States Virgin Islands
and Puerto Rico
have already banned disposable bags and the world didn't collapse.

#plastic #fossilfuel #capitalism #uspols

Flipboard Science Desk

2026-05-26 12:57:22


In the U.S., plastic bags generally don’t go in the recycling bin. What should you do instead?

From @AssociatedPress: "Over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks and wraps in the United States went to landfills in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency."

https://flip.it/NP9jeb

#Recycling #Plastic #Environment


#Capitalism #plastic #fossilfuel #uspols
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Hypolite Petovan
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@The Human Capybara I live in NYC and I didn't know that plastic bags were banned in the state of New York. While supermarkets will make you pay a small fee to provide barely reusable bags, they still bag groceries in plastic, bodegas still hand out plastic bags, food deliveries are done using plastic bags, etc...
@The Human Capybara
Captain Button
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@hypolite
Out in suburban NY, same. I think the supermarkets charge you $0.05 each for them, but I am not sure because I've gotten my reusable bag reflexes well trained.

But butcher shops, delis etc. still give you stuff in them. I repurpose the ones I get that way as wastebasket liners.

@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Captain Button @The Human Capybara Same here, but we still collect plastic bags faster than we use them!
@Captain Button @The Human Capybara
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