First, they doubled all the numbers for organic cotton totes because they’re smaller in volume than the average LDPE bag—but only by about 2 liters. Halve that and you’re already down to ...

Cotton bags have become a means for brands, retailers and supermarkets to telegraph a planet-friendly mind-set — or, at least, to show that the companies are aware of the overuse of plastic in ...

Plus, transporting 1,000 paper bags across the country with a truck consumes much more fuel than transporting 1,000 thin plastic bags, Wagner says. “A lot of the carbon production is the ...

But tote bags have a high carbon footprint, too. In fact, reusing a single plastic bag three times has the same environmental impact as using a cotton tote bag 393 times.