Friday, March 30, 2012

                               Paper or plastic? 

Are paper bags more environmentally friendly than plastic bags? You might think that paper bags are better than plastic bags, because they break down much easier than plastic bags, this is true they do break down faster and cleaner than plastic bags....But they use more energy during the making process and they generate 70% more air pollutants and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags, and not to mention they require trees to be cut down. So through research we have found that paper bags are not exactly a good alternative to HDPE plastic grocery bags.  Plastic bags are just as bad, or maybe worse than paper bags, so we think that the best way to help our environment is to reuse our plastic grocery bags.  

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