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Originally Posted by Taf
Most "plastic" one-trip bags are now made with corn starch and degrade very quickly with minimal effect on the environment.
The charge is also levies on paper bags.
This is a nod to "environmentalists" who are in most part "mentalists".
Reusing bags is liable to expose many people to various maladies.
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Paper bags are significantly heavier than plastic ones and therefore have a greater environmental cost in their transport, not to mention the tree-felling and bleaching that goes on during manufacture. They are also single use.
I've been re-using the same machine washable woven polyester carrier bags for a year now and haven't contracted any bizarre skin complaints yet.