Originally Posted by Will_R
All kidding aside, go look at how much energy is required to manufacture and transport paper bags. Everything from pulpwood harvesting and transport to paper production, bag production then shipping. It takes a lot more resources to produce and utilize them than plastic, however... people don't dispose of them properly and...

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/paper-bags-or-plastic-bags-everything-you-need-to-know/page5.html


The problem with plastic bags is the cashier that doubles bags each loaf of bread. I use paper because a buggy of groceries will fit into 2 paper bags instead of 25 plastic ones, I am not a tree hugger, but the amount of packaging we have to wrap everything in just to be thrown away disgusts me.