A report commissioned by UKs Environment Agency shows that commonly-used plastic bags for life, if used four or more times, will have a lower carbon footprint than single-use carrier bags. Lightweight single-use carrier bags have the lowest carbon footprint per bag based primarily on resource use and production. Paper, heavyweight plastic and cotton bags all use more resources and energy in their production. A key issue, however, is how many times bags are reused.
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