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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Mike Hibbert" wrote in message
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Actually Homebase do this now, they are actually pretty sturdy, we
easily
carried 4 * 1litre time of paint in it with no problem.

They've been providing the stout brown paper bags for many years.

But their effect on the environment is only lessened if the customer
either
re-cycles them or puts them in the recycle bin or whatever device is
available.


Bollox ! Paper degrades.

But not very well in landfill sites, buried in the absence of oxygen.

There was quite a detailed article in New Scientist a few years ago
comparing degradation of plastics and paper.

Also, the energy required / environmental impact to produce a paper bag
was comparable to that of a plastic one when the whole process was
looked at

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geoff