Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: Tote bags made from cotton harm the environment

Q1: What is the source used for this claim ?
A1: Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and Food, based on a 2018 government study

Q2: What does the study statistics show us about the use of cotton totes ?
A2: The study found that it takes about 20,000 uses of an organic cotton bag to have the same environmental impact of using a plastic bag

Organic cotton bags: Reuse for grocery shopping at least 149 times for climate change, at
least 20000 times considering all indicators; reuse as waste bin bag if possible, otherwise
incinerate.

Q3: What are the disadvantages of using plastic bags vs cotton bags?
A3: Plastic bags are mostly made of non-sustainable materials. Their production has a big carbon footprint and pollute soils and water. Plastic never disappear, it spread into small pieces that pollutes the ocean and lands. These microbeads have a direct impact on our health as the enter the food chain.

6- Do not forget that plastic bags are almost never recycled. The cost of their recycling is higher than their value, that is why the usually end in waste incinerators, landfills or in the sea.

Q4: Does the report show that a cotton bag can be used 20000 times before it has the same impact as a plastic bag?
A4: No. The report shows that a cotton bag must be used 20000 times to have the SAME impact as a plastic bag. This is a negative thing. It is because of the resources (water and power) used to make the cotton bag.

Q5: Do tote bags made from cotton harm the environment?
A5: The claim does not ask for comparison against plastic bags. It asks if cotton bags harm the environment. The answer is yes. Quite simply, any manufacturing process harms the environment - so the claim is supported because no comparison is required.
user
justification: The fifth Q&A show that any manufacturing process damages the environment in some way so the claim is supported.

verdict: 'Supported'
assistant