Plastic bag vs. Paper bag

November 23, 2017 4:45pm CST
Which of the two options do you prefer to use (in any place / situation) and for what reasons do you prefer one and not the other? In my opinion, the papers bags are better / more effective (besides being made of sustainable material... which is obviously a very good thing ).
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12 responses
@Scrapper88 (5958)
• United States
23 Nov 17
I like the paper bags better, but the stores where I live are only using the plastic bags.
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@marlina (154183)
• Canada
23 Nov 17
For the environment , paper bags are definitively much better.
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23 Nov 17
@marlina It really is.
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@marguicha (214294)
• Chile
23 Nov 17
Where I live, the supermarkets are ghanging from plastic bags to some that can be used several times. But you have to buy them.
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23 Nov 17
@marguicha It's a "nice" strategy.
@franxav (13583)
• India
23 Nov 17
Obviously, paper bags are better for environment. Plastic pouches and plastic bags are strewn everywhere. I was sad to see them clogging drains, thrown on the roads,streets and parks, lying even at places which should be clean.
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23 Nov 17
@franxav It's really sad.
@porwest (78726)
• United States
9 Sep 18
I prefer the plastic bags for a variety of reasons. That being said you usually tend to accumulate way more than you can actually use. My wife and I are using reusable bags more and more.
8 Aug 18
I like the ones with handles better. They are easy to hang in cars, on table hooks or the crook of chairs and etc..
@averygirl72 (37544)
• Philippines
13 Dec 17
For small items paper bags are better. For wet items and heavy items plastic bags are better
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
24 Nov 17
I use paper bags mostly or else jute bags
@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
23 Nov 17
Paper of course. Here in most places you have to pay extra for plastic bags. I usually bring my own reusable shopping bag.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Nov 17
I prefer bags made out of heavy plastic/fabric combination that will live and work for you forever, Yes you have to buy them but they last forever. They are strong and will carry your groceries home as well as toys, clothes, whatever you need to put into a bag.. I think paper bags are a waste of trees, and the thin plastic ones that costs us here in Canada's grocery store around 5 cents are tossed away and also found in our lakes and rivers. The problem with thin plastic is it is around, blows in the wind and kills birds and small animals that get caught by them in the wild. The bigger heavier plastic bags live in my car so when I go to the store, I bring a few in the store with me... Also most of our grocery stores don't just break down the cardboard boxes and get rid of them, they put them in the front of the store for anyone to use to carry their groceries or to take home to be used for whatever...
@Hannihar (129095)
• Israel
13 Dec 17
I have big bags that I put in my knapsack that I take for grocery shopping and put my items in a plastic bag and then inside my cart.
@crafty01 (480)
• Jamshedpur, India
25 Nov 17
Paper bags are always better, they seem to be more expensive than plastic ones.