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Explore paper company websites to learn the dangers of plastic.
That’s going to give you accurate information
Last I checked, plastic is made from crude oil.
After sorting
You get gasoline and many other products
One of these is plastic.
As long as we are using gas, the plastic is being extracted.
If you don’t use it as bags it will either be used in another way, or thrown straight out and the cost passed along to all other crude oil components.