今年流行背什么包？如果你稍微留意一下，你会发现周围的很多女生都背着棉布手提袋，看上去轻便又环保。但是棉布袋真的对环境无害吗？事实可能会让你大吃一惊！
Cotton bags have become a means for brands, retailers1 and supermarkets to telegraph a planet-friendly mindset – or, at least, to show that the companies are aware of the overuse of plastic in packaging.
棉布袋已经成为品牌、零售店和超市传达环保理念的一种手段，至少是要表明企业对于过度使用塑料包装的态度。
"There's a trend in New York right now where people are wearing merch: carrying totes from local delis, hardware stores or their favourite steakhouse," says designer Rachel Comey.
设计师瑞秋·科米说：“纽约当下掀起了一波背环保购物袋的风气，包括本地熟食店、五金店和最喜爱的牛排餐厅的手提袋。”
So far, so Earth-friendly? Not exactly. It turns out the wholehearted embrace of cotton totes may actually have created a new problem.
到现在为止看起来是不是很环保？未必。事实证明，棉布手提袋潮流可能引发了新的问题。
An organic cotton tote needs to be used 20,000 times to offset2 its overall impact of production, according to a 2018 study by the Ministry3 of Environment and Food of Denmark. That equates4 to daily use for 54 years – for just one bag.
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