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Reports | Building Long-Term Solutions: Retail Shopping Bag Impacts and Options


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Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services

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July 6, 2010

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The purpose of this report is to provide a high-level understanding of the environmental impacts of different kinds of bags, and to identify the types and magnitudes of environmental impacts associated with each kind of bag through a literature review of four publicly available life-cycle assessment studies.

This study also aims to better understand how the environmental impacts of retail shopping bags can be reduced, including through means other than (or in addition to) choice of bag type, such as change in consumer behavior.

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About the Author(s)

Marshall Chase

Marshall Chase , Associate Director, Advisory Services

Marshall leads BSR’s work with manufacturing companies headquartered in the Americas, in addition to supporting BSR’s information and communications technology and transport & logistics practices... Read more →


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Consumer Products, Environment

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