Many brands and retailers make reusable shopping bags, but what's the impact on the environment?
that found nonwoven polypropylene bags needed to be used at least 30 times to have a lower average negative impact than a lightweight, single-use plastic bag.
However, a shopper who would buy the Target bag, use it a handful of times and throw it away might better serve the environment by not buying it and taking single-use plastic instead. In fact, single-use paper bags are seven times worse for the environment than single-use, lightweight plastic bags, according to Kimmel.
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