On: Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement

[nostromo]

It really depends on what you're measuring.

Plastic bags are very bad when they end up in rivers or the ocean.

But yes, plastic bags might be better on CO2 depending on where they are made and how they are shipped.

But paper bags can be made carbon neutral, which is fundamentally impossible with plastic bags.

[olejorgenb → nostromo]

It's possible to make synthetic petroleum products from CO2, water and electricity, so it's not fundamentally impossible.