Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dreamcompiler 834 days ago
I was confused by this so I looked it up [0]. The point I had missed was that stores and delivery services still provide bags like before, but now they're heavier bags designed for reuse. And people still throw them away like before.

Result: Now there's even more plastic in the waste stream.

[0] https://nyti.ms/3R8lCse