Do you choose paper bags because they are better for the environment? Would you be surprised to find out they are not? This film suggests a few problems with paper.
Plastic bags produced in the USA are produced from ethane which is byproduct of Natural Gas, no foreign oil would be saved or gained by not producing plastic bags in the United States.
OIL: Plastic bags produced in the USA are NOT made with oil, but with NATURAL GAS. There is gastronomic difference!! Paper bags use more oil than plastic!! They weigh much more therefore taking up more trucks for delivery.
100,000 sea animals and 1 million birds are killed each year because of the bags. But this statistic, often bandied about by environmentalists, is based on a 1987 Canadian study, which found that discarded nets killed 100,000 marine mammals between 1981-84. In 2002, an Australian government report misquoted that statistic, instead claiming that plastic bags caused the deaths. That fallacy, unfortunately, has stuck with environmentalists and the media ever since.
paper is better man because paper can also be flush in the toilet and it will disolve and later we can use them to fertilize and cultivate land for farming purposes.
why can't people just reuse canvas bags? is this a plastic propaganda film or something? also, this guy has the most stereotypical canadian sounding accent ever!
If chemicals are used to process a paper bag, what about newspaper? In order for newspaper to be used again, chemicals are used to bleach the fiber. So is recycling newspaper a problem too? When any paper product is recycled, it's downcycled. Eventually all paper products make their way to the landfill. Recycling is just, but some things are debatable.
Right on Man! The truth is out there! Thanks for telling like it really is.
ecodame123 2 years ago
i agree
shooterman13 2 years ago
Plastic bags produced in the USA are produced from ethane which is byproduct of Natural Gas, no foreign oil would be saved or gained by not producing plastic bags in the United States.
Earthsense 3 years ago
thank u for posting this i'm sure many ppl learned alot from it and it's great to know other ppl care about the enviroment
CryBabyGirl4ever 3 years ago
OIL: Plastic bags produced in the USA are NOT made with oil, but with NATURAL GAS. There is gastronomic difference!! Paper bags use more oil than plastic!! They weigh much more therefore taking up more trucks for delivery.
Earthsense 3 years ago
100,000 sea animals and 1 million birds are killed each year because of the bags. But this statistic, often bandied about by environmentalists, is based on a 1987 Canadian study, which found that discarded nets killed 100,000 marine mammals between 1981-84. In 2002, an Australian government report misquoted that statistic, instead claiming that plastic bags caused the deaths. That fallacy, unfortunately, has stuck with environmentalists and the media ever since.
Earthsense 3 years ago
paper is better man because paper can also be flush in the toilet and it will disolve and later we can use them to fertilize and cultivate land for farming purposes.
PikaShuXZero99 3 years ago
why can't people just reuse canvas bags? is this a plastic propaganda film or something? also, this guy has the most stereotypical canadian sounding accent ever!
rachelpaglia 3 years ago
in all honesty i dont think that sea creatures such as turtles can choke on paper bags by mistaking them for a jellyfish supper!
But on a plus, you do have a very good point in your video about using fossil fuels to recycle paper.
plasticisdrastic 3 years ago 2
If chemicals are used to process a paper bag, what about newspaper? In order for newspaper to be used again, chemicals are used to bleach the fiber. So is recycling newspaper a problem too? When any paper product is recycled, it's downcycled. Eventually all paper products make their way to the landfill. Recycling is just, but some things are debatable.
rsslvscff 4 years ago