You probably did not realize how difficult that question really is!

Many Americans go with plastic, either by habit or because they believe the environmental impact of plastic bags is less than that of paper.  No one wants to cut down trees just to make a bag for your groceries, right?  But is paper worse than plastic?

Paper bags produce 70% more air pollution and 50 times more water pollution than plastic bag production. Yet, plastic bags have their own problems:  80% of all litter on roadsides, parks and beaches is plastic.  In some countries like Bangladesh and India, plastic garbage bags clog drainage systems so much that they cause massive flooding damage.  And think about this:  every square mile of the ocean has about 46,000 pieces of floating non biodegradable plastic in it, most of it plastic bags.  

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