02-16-2011, 10:05 PM
Comparing parts of the letter with the link Obie posted:
>You get caught in the wind and make beautiful places all over Hawaii look like a dump.
True
>You drift into the ocean and kill wildlife.
Probably sometimes true, but nowhere near as much as claimed
>You're also not very easy to recycle
False (you can recycle at most supermarkets)
>And you need oil to be made, which is running out quick.
False ("They are made of ethane which is a waste product from domestically produced natural gas. If the ethane is not used to make plastic bags, it will have to be burned off.")
>Paper Bag [...] [is] more sustainable than you will ever be
False (" Paper bags result in between 2.0 and 3.3 times more greenhouse gases than plastic bags. The life cycle of paper bags results in far more water and air pollution and other negative environmental impacts than the life cycle of plastic bags. Paper is not an environmentally friendly product by any stretch of the imagination.")
>You get caught in the wind and make beautiful places all over Hawaii look like a dump.
True
>You drift into the ocean and kill wildlife.
Probably sometimes true, but nowhere near as much as claimed
>You're also not very easy to recycle
False (you can recycle at most supermarkets)
>And you need oil to be made, which is running out quick.
False ("They are made of ethane which is a waste product from domestically produced natural gas. If the ethane is not used to make plastic bags, it will have to be burned off.")
>Paper Bag [...] [is] more sustainable than you will ever be
False (" Paper bags result in between 2.0 and 3.3 times more greenhouse gases than plastic bags. The life cycle of paper bags results in far more water and air pollution and other negative environmental impacts than the life cycle of plastic bags. Paper is not an environmentally friendly product by any stretch of the imagination.")