Always nice to have numbers.
Looking at energy, water, etc in manufacturing & disposal, a cotton tote IS better for the environment than an LDPE grocery bag—if you use it at least 7,000 times before throwing it out.
Organic cotton takes more water, so use it 20k times pls
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The world is complicated.
Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag via @qz
Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag
You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact.
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