Some will call it an environmental victory for landfills and waterways; others will call it a perilous step towards a “nanny state.” Wherever you may stand on the issue, there is no denying that within a few months plastic bags will be pretty hard to come by in Los Angeles. The city of Angels has become the latest of other smaller California cites, including San Jose, Long Beach and San Francisco, to ban the practice of handing out plastic bags in grocery stores, pharmacies, etc. This reframes reusable bags as more than just a trendy environmental statement, and something closer to a necessity.
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Plastic bags. Contrary to popular belief, paper does not biodegrade in an anaerobic landfill, it requires an aerobic environment like a compost pile to biodegrade, it takes far more energy to produce, transport and recycle, the only recycling advantage is that it can be tossed into single stream recycling while plastic has to be collected separately. Also, even if it does bio-degrade, that only means the carbon within it is released as CO2. Plastic bags are a by-product of natural gas which is mostly an unwanted by-product of oil production and is usually burned at the flares, if the natural gas were not made into plastic, it would most certainly be burned but if it is made into plastic then whether it's recycled or tossed into a landfill, the carbon with in it would be sequestered. You would actually be harming the environment if you choose paper.
Back in the 70s, I read that sometimes the paper bags were stored for long periods of time and that roaches ate the glue and that baby roaches could be carried home in the seams of the bag. used plastic ever since. I prefer plastic because the bags can be reused multiple times.
If they are stopping, most stores where I live sell the reusable bags for $1 or less. Best alternative. Every tree cut down to make paper bags releases a lot of CO2
Plastic bags will not become scarce. You can easily buy them at the grocery store, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Costco in huge quantities. Even in places that have banned them from being handed out. Sheesh, that is a stupid argument.
I live in Long Beach, where they've been banned for a year and I've seen a huge drop in plastic bag litter on the streets and on our beaches.
Reusable bags are easy to buy and if you don't like the ones you get at the grocery store you can go online and buy some with your favorite sports team on them. Hose them off or wash them in the sink if they get dirty.
I prefer plastic bags. They are made from natural gas which is much more environmentally friendly than cutting down trees, hauling them long distances to pulp mills, all of the chemicals dumped into the environment to make the paper, the cost of shipping the heavy paper, and then the cost of recycling the worthless paper. I don't know of many people outside LA than think people in LA are very bright.
I tend to use the long-life plastic bags. Here in the UK many of the larger stores sell the reuseable plastic bags for about £0.10 / $0.15 each, some are now giving them away. If the bag wears out you take it back to the store, they replace it for free and they have collection points for the old bags which are sent off for recycling. If the bag does get thrown out with the trash it’s not so bad as they’re often biodegradable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusable_shopping_bag...
Depends. You can tie off plastic bags which I like. They're also usually better for "wet" things, just in case they soak through paper.
Paper bags are super handy though, especially since they can usually "stand" up.
If I just go in to buy 1 thing, neither! I just stick the item in my purse after I've paid for it.
If I buy more, reusable bags!
And did you know that in Ireland, you have to pay 10 cents PER BAG if you don't bring reusable bags.
A thick, good quality , reusable plastic bag.
I like trees and don't like Norovirus
http://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/norovirus-link...
So I like plastic.
I choose paper bag.