Plastpåsar inte så farliga för miljön som globala kampanjer påskiner

published Mar 08, 2008 05:47   by admin ( last modified Mar 08, 2008 05:47 )

Enligt Times Online så beror hatet mot plastpåsen på felaktig information:

The central claim of campaigners is that the bags kill more than 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds every year. However, this figure is based on a misinterpretation of a 1987 Canadian study in Newfoundland, which found that, between 1981 and 1984, more than 100,000 marine mammals, including birds, were killed by discarded nets. The Canadian study did not mention plastic bags


Läs mer: Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain - Times Online