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		jekwoooooe 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litte... You expect people to keep these bags for 3 years? No way

anticorporate 5 months ago | [–]

Most of my cotton shopping bags are 15+ years old and still going strong.

The cheap plastic-based fiber ones have not held up nearly as well.

anigbrowl 5 months ago | [–]

Troll somewhere else

jekwoooooe 5 months ago | [–]

I’m not trolling I care about the environment. Cotton bags are just a form of moral licensing and predatory ways to get more income. Same with plastic straws.

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