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Polyethylene or polyethene or poly(methylene)

Petrochemical used in production of plastic bags. HDPE (detergent bottles, rubbish containers, margarine containers), PEX (plumbing), MDPE (plastic bags, packaging film), LLDPE (toys, pipes), LDPE (plastic bags, film wrap) and VLDPE (frozen food packaging) are all polyethylenes. Not biodegradable.

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Is it worth getting upset about plastic bags?

Dear Eco-Concierge, I have been using fabric bags for my shopping for a couple of years now but always get terribly depressed when I see how no-one else seems to care about reusable bags. When I go to the supermarket it seems like hundreds of plastic bags are being handed out every minute? The other day [...]

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