Last week, the New York Times published an article by Grace Cook that got half of Twitter talking about “the cotton tote crisis.” At the center of this article—and the multiple tweets promoting it—is ...

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Cotton tote bags, once hailed as the solution to reduce pollution from single-use plastic bags, are not as environmentally-friendly as brands claim due to overproduction, according to a report.

I'm often gifted cloth bags at conferences and other events as a way to offer cleaner alternatives to plastic bags. Cloth bags, like paper bags or bamboo-knit items, have become trendy and opened up ...

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