“Cotton tote bags are worse for the environment”
What MediaWise found
According to a study from Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and Food, it takes about 20,000 uses of an organic cotton bag to have the same environmental impact of using a plastic bag. The number is based on how manufacturing each type of bag affects the ozone, water use, air pollution and other factors. But the research doesn’t account for the effects on the marine ecosystem from plastic waste
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Steven Crowder made this claim around 4 September 2019. MediaWise (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 October 2019, 44 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Where the claim appeared
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