Bill Radke speaks with Noah Dillon, author of a recent Atlantic article about the perils of owning (and not using) canvas grocery totes.
Is your canvas grocery tote bad for the environment?
![Canvas bags may have a worse effect on the environment than plastic ones.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de394e8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x768+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkuow%2Ffiles%2F201609%2Fbags-Flickr-KarinBell.jpg)
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