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Published 29 May 2024
From Greta Blake, Darlington, County Durham, UK
In my attempts to reduce my use of single-use plastics (refilling washing-up liquid bottles, using shampoo bars, toothpaste tablets and so on), I bought paper bags and greaseproof paper bags for packed lunches instead (11 May, p 36).
Having just read your article on “forever chemicals”, I am now wondering if I have substituted one problem for another. Which is doing most harm to me and to the environment: the plastics or the paper/greaseproof bags? We just can’t win, can we.
Issue no. 3493 published 1 June 2024
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