Replacing plastic bags with paper ones is likely not sustainable. Can innovation in the paper industry change the equation?
Canada’s ban on single-use plastics isn’t in full force yet but already the use of paper bags as well as other paper products is on the rise. That’s a concern for environmentalists, who say forests shouldn’t be depleted for single-use products.
“They can provide more service to humanity by providing that function rather than being turned into disposable products,” she says. At the end of this year, sales of the banned items will be prohibited in Canada, and by the end of 2025, the items won’t be allowed to be manufactured or sold for export.
“Single-use products, from packaging to food containers, to disposable cups and cutlery, are a key contributor to the 2 billion tonnes of waste that humans produce every year,” according to a statement released at the time by Canopy. “That number is projected to increase 70 per cent by 2050.” That demand will only increase as companies and consumers look for alternatives to plastic packaging, as well as drive up the use of paper bags, according to a marketing analysis company.Paper does have the advantage of being more easily recycled, with only nine per cent or so of plastics recycled globally.
Another downside is that studies show it takes considerably more resources to make a paper bag than a plastic one.
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