Bacteria Growth. There are some cons to having an eco-friendly canvas shopping bag, and the big one is bacteria.
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Reusable bags made from sustainable materials are biodegradable, so they can be recycled or composted, but if they do end up in a landfill they will safely breakdown with no ill effects.
Campaigners say these bag hoards are creating fresh environmental problems, with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags.
Ultimately, producing one plastic bag is more sustainable than producing one cotton bag. However, repeatedly using your cotton bag until it's very last day, is more sustainable than repeatedly buying plastic bags. Reuse, reuse, reuse is always the answer when it comes to sustainability.
Back when lawmakers were writing the plastic bag ban, the grocery store industry lobbied for paper bags to be banned in large stores (again not smaller delis and convenience stores). Paper bags take more energy to produce than plastic bags, industry experts have said, and they also cost stores more money to stock.