SA bans single-use plastics but delayed due to coronavirus pandemic

[davidc4430]

SA bans single-use plastics in Australian first but new rules delayed due to coronavirus pandemic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-09/sa-first-state-to-ban-single-use-plastics-in-australia/126474...

[4channel]

Cloth shopping bags are the way to go. Many of the $1 carry bags that are nylon or whatever they're made out of  contain some lead and are not good to pop in the general washing. The cloth cotton ones are great. Pop them in the wash, fold up and carry in your pocket or bag.

[go-tazz]

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@4channel wrote:

Cloth shopping bags are the way to go. Many of the $1 carry bags that are nylon or whatever they're made out of  contain some lead and are not good to pop in the general washing. The cloth cotton ones are great. Pop them in the wash, fold up and carry in your pocket or bag.

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They were found to contain lead in 2011 and companies changed suppliers and there is no lead in modern day shopping bags.

The cloth ones are the worst to use environmental wise:

https://qz.com/1585027/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-cotton-totes-might-be-worse-than-plastic/

[4channel]

The cottton ones probably would be held on to longer. The ones I have last a very long time and are more durable than the others.

Cotton when buriied should break down so that's less toxic. Perhaps hemp is the way to  go.

[davewil1964]

7000 or 20000 reuses, would tend to be in the realms of fantasy. They would fall apart long before that. Especially if continually washed. Do your jeans last 20-50 years?

[lyndal1838]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

7000 or 20000 reuses, would tend to be in the realms of fantasy. They would fall apart long before that. Especially if continually washed. Do your jeans last 20-50 years?

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How many generations would you think it would take to get 7000 uses out of a cotton bag?

At twice a week they would be in use for approximately 70 years.

My grandmother made me several string bags back in 1966 and they are still in use 54 years later.  I have some and some have been passed on to my children....and action I regret as they forget to use them.