The microscopic structure of paper. Credit: By Richard Wheeler (Zephyris) - Own work, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
So far this year, our social media feeds have been peppered with calls to be vegan for the month of Veganuary, use less plastic, produce less waste, and make countless other lifestyle changes to create a better world. A plastic bag takes 1,000 years to degrade in landfill declares one video on my facebook feed, so we should use a fabric bag instead.
