Don't Trash Nevada

They are even talking about it now in Las Vegas:

Paper or Plastic?

Dec. 2, 2006
http://lasvegas.about.com/b/a/257750.htm
Las Vegas About.com

It's a common question. We thought we were doing good things when plastic grocery bags came out. After all, those plastic bags consume 40% less energy to produce and generate 80% less solid waste than paper bags. The bad news is that one of those plastic bags will last on the side of the road for about 1,000 years, as opposed to about a month for a paper bag. Don't Trash Nevada provided me with some interesting data about the paper vs. plastic dilemma...

Enviro costs of paper & plastic

This is from the Village Green blogger in Akron Ohio again. She/he has included some interesting statistics from the New England EPA about paper bags:

Lots of Luck

December 02, 2006

http://longlivethevillagegreen.blogspot.com/2006/12/paper-or-plastic.html

Long Live the Village Green Blog, Akron, Ohio

Shopping today at a Tops Store, now holding going out of business sales at various locations, I had with me my cloth shopping bags. So when the clerk began to bag up my groceries without asking, "paper or plastic?" -- I stopped her by saying -- "I brought my own bags, I'm trying to save the planet."She gave me a disgusted look and said, "Lots of luck," then turned her back on me and swaggered away like I was some kind of nut...