'Bags for life' face reuse concerns
Posted Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:14:01 GMT by Rachel England
Comparison between single-use bags and 'bags for life' sparsk concerns. A study by the Environment Agency (EA) has found that commonly-used 'bags for life' need to be used four or more times in order to have a lower carbon footprint than single-use carrier bags. However, if a standard supermarket plastic bag was used three times, a cotton 'bag for life' would require almost 400 uses to tip the environmental balance in its favour.
'Bags for life' face reuse concerns