Say that we replaced plastic and paper bags witht the new, eco-friendly bags.... what would we do with the paper and plastic??
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We don't use plastic at all. We have been using the eco bags for years. Before they were even called eco-bags. I think replacing all the plastic is a good idea. I do a lot of activites around the ocean and see way too much plastic wrapped around birds and other wildlife. Fishing line, plastic bags are the worst offenders. Paper not so much of a problem because it's biodegrades.
Most plastic bags aren't recyclable, paper bags are biodegradable. the remaining plastic bags would probably just enter the landfill because it would likely take more energy to recycle them than to not (other than picking up dog crap). The point is we need to stop using plastic bags because they are suffocating our world, I live in a place where all the major stores now charge 5 cents a plastic bag, everyone uses the cloth ones now and you can see the difference: no bags caught in branches or fences we don't need to deliberate over the fate of the remaining plastic bags, we just need to start changing now.
