By the government’s own accounting, its net-zero plastics campaign will cost more than it will save in waste management costs.
recycling
June 26, 2019
3:54PM
Advocates forget to account for the pollution from “cleaner” options.
August 8, 2009
2:00AM
With the arrival of reusable grocery bags, there appeared to be, at long last, a definitive eco-friendly answer to that question posed daily to consumers: Paper or plastic? Alas, it was not to be. Researchers recently discovered that the supposedly green alternative actually harbors bacteria, mold and other unappetizing organisms, albeit natural.