The Plastic Bag Project: Infographic
Drill for oil, send it to the manufacturer, produce a bag, then ship it off.
Buy something, put it in that bag, reuse that bag for trash can, then throw it in the trash and off to the landfill it goes.
Grow and harvest linen, spin it, sew it, produce a bag.
Buy that bag, reuse that bag, recycle it when it wears down, create a new bag from that bag.
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