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I believe when placed with a choice I would chose plastic. It is the better choice in my opinion. The first reason is because plastic doesn't take water. When you make paper you use thousands of gallons of water. When you make plastic it takes more energy. Plastic a byproduct of oil refining and it takes 4% of the total world oil production. The paper can be recycled but it takes energy to recycle. The paper can also go to the landfill. The plastic goes to the landfills since it doesn't get recycled. According to the EPA Americans recycle 0.6% of the plastic bags and 19.4% paper begs. So the topics and reasons why are close but in the end plastic wins. This is why I believe if you don't use your own bags then the better choice is plastic.
www.greenfeet.net/newsletter/debate.shtml
www.angelfire.com/wi/papervsplastic/
www.iliea.org/lcas/franklin1990.html
www.treehugger.com/files/2005/01/qa_retail_carry.php
Marilyn
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