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Plastic or Paper - Which is better for the environment?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 987368" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Paper all the way.</p><p></p><p>We do have a whole bunch of the reusable $1 cloth (actually recycled plastic) tote bags for groceries, but about half the time I forget to bring them with me, so when that happens I request paper bags. Paper is recycleable, it is made from a renewable product, and it will biodegrade in the ocean or in a landfill instead of floating around for hundreds of years.</p><p></p><p>If I were king I would outlaw plastic grocery bags, and require a $2 per bag charge for paper bags in order to "motivate" people into choosing the reusable ones. I would also require a $5 or even a $10 deposit on those big plastic laundry detergent and bleach bottles, and have the products available in the store in 55 gallon bulk drums. If you wanted to buy a gallon bottle of Tide liquid detergent, you could (A) just buy a bottle and pay the $10 deposit on it, or (B) bring your old bottle back to the store and exchange it for a new one, or (C) reuse your old bottle by filling it up yourself from the bulk drum. It is idiotic to make a 1 gallon plastic bottle that will get used one time and then wind up in a landfill for centuries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 987368, member: 14668"] Paper all the way. We do have a whole bunch of the reusable $1 cloth (actually recycled plastic) tote bags for groceries, but about half the time I forget to bring them with me, so when that happens I request paper bags. Paper is recycleable, it is made from a renewable product, and it will biodegrade in the ocean or in a landfill instead of floating around for hundreds of years. If I were king I would outlaw plastic grocery bags, and require a $2 per bag charge for paper bags in order to "motivate" people into choosing the reusable ones. I would also require a $5 or even a $10 deposit on those big plastic laundry detergent and bleach bottles, and have the products available in the store in 55 gallon bulk drums. If you wanted to buy a gallon bottle of Tide liquid detergent, you could (A) just buy a bottle and pay the $10 deposit on it, or (B) bring your old bottle back to the store and exchange it for a new one, or (C) reuse your old bottle by filling it up yourself from the bulk drum. It is idiotic to make a 1 gallon plastic bottle that will get used one time and then wind up in a landfill for centuries. [/QUOTE]
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