Paper or Plastic... Fish or Trees ... is it Life or Death?
Paper or Plastic?
Paper or Plastic.... this is a tough one. One causes deforestation and the other one litters the ocean and kills fish if you are an environmentalist. You can carry many more bags at once with plastic than with paper but paper bags are much 'roomier' and your bread stays well.. bread-shaped.
Well, What's the Verdict?
Is Paper or Plastic Better?
Paper or Plastic?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byPaper, All the Way!
BoulderRon says:
Cloth like HEMP,Bamboo,Cotton 1st
If I forget... Paper
If they don't have paper... Plastic but RECYCLE!!
Posted May 12, 2009
judyinsley says:
paper you can regrow it.....plastic sucks it kills it ends up in your food chain and you die.
Posted April 27, 2009
Aice says:
There are paper that look like plastic or shall I say biodegrable plastic (^_^) I would like to use that
Posted April 06, 2009
POOKY says:
PAPER!!!
Posted March 06, 2009
KevinRiley says:
Definitely paper. I hate plastic bags - so unnatural. At least, a paper bag degrades and becomes part of the soil. Plastic lasts forever and ends up in our oceans killing lots of marine animals. Paper doesn't have to cause deforestation, if fast-growing species are farmed instead of just harvested, and other sources of fiber are properly used or recycled.
Best solution: Use heavy cloth bags for shopping.
Posted March 03, 2009
pschmitz says:
I can't believe you all are even making a choice! They both destroy our ever dying planet! I have decided to sow up my old shirts made of hemp and manure, and use those for bags. They save EVERYTHING...and they have a great outdoorsey smell to them!!!
Naw, I was just kidding, Paper for me. :-)
Posted February 24, 2009
unique_freak77 says:
We can replant trees, right? Plastic won't decompose. While I hate deforestation, we gotta save the sea turtles!
Posted December 13, 2008
nancy says:
save the sea turtles...don't use plastic
Posted November 13, 2008
JMo99 says:
Actually I say
Neither Nor, Don't even drive to the store either or.
Hi, Couple of new kids on the block here
Posted October 23, 2008
sheena says:
paper all the way, becoz when we cut trees we can plant them back and recycle them easily.
Posted October 22, 2008
MiaD says:
sundaydriver says 'neither'..i would say - both - under the condition of (re)using them wisely, aware and counscious of the consequences...our daily life proves we need them both for different functions/characteristics, some of them cannot be substituted from one with the other (see al least shynab 56's comment)..
Posted September 23, 2008
bbclarke97 says:
In order to be good to our environment I say Paper even though
plastic is more convenient. We all need to make small sacrifices.
Posted September 08, 2008
VARADHARAJAN says:
i prefer paper bags.i don't want the world to get polluted by plastic
Posted August 26, 2008
Plastic Rocks!
RECYCLE GIRL says:
PLASTIC AND PAPER RULES!!!!!!!! SO REDUCE,REUSE AND RECYCLE
Posted April 01, 2009
hermoine says:
plastic rocks. as shynab56 says i was also embaresse once when my cereal poured out of the paper bag. i also prefer cloth bags as they are comfortable and also contain large amount of groceries. there could also be an option for cloth bags. hats off cloth bags.
Posted October 22, 2008
CuteCountryClipart says:
Plastic...not to save the trees, because I'm not a tree hugger and I'm not green. Plastic is easier.
Posted October 10, 2008
Tipi says:
I mostly use plastic and recycle at home for many things. I think a cloth bag looks smart and I should use them more.
Posted September 05, 2008
shynab56 says:
I prefer plastic bags. I was one time embarrass when when my paper bag spilled out it contents. Wash-out as they say. I did not turn my back and leave immediately. As to the hazards that the plastic bags may have on our environment, the people will care about them. Let us keep recycling to minimize the problem. Plastic bags are handy while paper bags are risky!
Posted July 03, 2008
MexicoLarry says:
In Mexico they don't even offer paper, but that's not much of an endorsement! But really, plastic bags are much more useful to reuse for all sorts of things afterwards.
Posted July 01, 2008
ShakerMaker says:
Plastic! Easier to carry and easy
to use to keep the litter box tidy.
Posted June 14, 2008
BarbD says:
I actually prefer re-usable canvas totes. However, with the new materials, many plastic bags are made with biodegradable and/or recycled materials. Plus, plastic bags are in fact MORE reusable. Think about it, you need to throw your wet, stinky gym clothes in something, are you going to use plastic or paper?
Just remember to save them to re-use and/or recycle them!
Posted May 11, 2008
BeCanDo says:
Paper is traditionally a more sustainable and degradable option, however some new plastics, called bioplastics are both biodegradable and come from renewable resources.
As long as we are talking bioplastics they are the better option. Being more lightweight and compact the transport costs are reduced. As other debaters have mentioned the issue is to re-use as well.
Posted May 02, 2008
Abbotts says:
I say plastic. Our local I G A sells heavy plastic bags to use over and over.They donate a certain amount back to our school. That is neat. The problem is not so much plastic as no one ever thinks of the amount of times you can use a heavy plastic bag. Most just throw it away . That is what creates clutter. Love this SQUIDOO
Posted March 04, 2008
Mac33 says:
Paper is better for the environment, but plastic bags are more useful because they get reused to clean up after my dog.
Posted February 18, 2008
girlyred says:
I like plastic better but, it's important to remember to recycle.
Posted February 18, 2008
ComingSoon says:
Plastic, but only if we talk about Biodegradable that it will decompose in the natural environment.
Want to know more? Wikipedia is the answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodegradable_plastic
Posted February 16, 2008
GypsyPirate says:
I can take my plastic bags back and have them recycled again so they don't go to the ocean. Mostly, I do use my reusable tote bag, which I think does look cool.
Posted February 12, 2008
Forget the Fish, Save the Trees!
Plastic is way better than Paper
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