One advantage and disadvantage of:Reusing plastic bagsRecycling plastic bagsDumping plastic bagsBurning plastic bags
The next time you buy groceries ask the cashier if they have a plastic bag recycling bin. Most grocery stores have them in the front near the exit. Best thing to do is reuse them to carry your lunch to work and put the bag in your trunk when you're done eating. By the time you need to buy groceries again you'll have a pretty good pile of bags to recycle while you're there. You're right by the way, they take a very long time to begin decomposing. They're worse than diapers.
Would common sense answers work? If so.. >Reusing plastic bags ---advantage : Prevent virgin or recycled plastic material being used in manufactures in the future / disadvantage : Managing and storing cause inconvenience for consumers >Recycling plastic bags ---advantage : Prevent virgin plastic materials being used / disadvantage : Delivering the recyclable bags to a designated recycling station is inconvenient for consumers >Dumping plastic bags ---advantage : Convenient for consumers because there's no need to store or deliver them / disadvantage : Landfills receive more load, and cause permanent loss of resource (plastic) >Burning plastic bags ---advantage : Convenient for consumers and avoids increase of landfills / disadvantage : Cause air pollution
