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Title: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: ymmat12 on September 19, 2009, 11:29:18 am
I don't use either bag because stores put one item each in plastic bags, and paper is hard to hold unless the bag has a handle. I use canvas bags I can stuff...and get $100 in groceries in one bag. Less trash and waste this way!
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: lynnc35 on September 19, 2009, 12:07:55 pm
We should use reusable bags if it is possible, however if I do get a bag, I always find other uses for it, such as storing stuff in. or trash. Always reuse items, you can save the planet, not to mention money.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: sherrycarl1204 on September 19, 2009, 01:02:42 pm
We use plastic bags. My husband uses them to carry his lunch in everyday.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: cloudsoup on September 19, 2009, 03:21:11 pm
I don't use either bag because stores put one item each in plastic bags, and paper is hard to hold unless the bag has a handle. I use canvas bags I can stuff...and get $100 in groceries in one bag. Less trash and waste this way!

how in the world do you haul $100 worth
of groceries in one bag without breaking your
arms/back?  :sad1:

i guess i'm thinking everyone has to walk up
stairs though (i live in an apartment building).
so maybe its not as grueling for you as it sounds!

we use plastic and then save them to re-use for
the bathroom trashcan, or if i run out of aluminum
foil so i can wrap up leftovers and stuff.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: foxylady81 on September 19, 2009, 04:59:43 pm
i use paper because we have to keep the paper mills running some how so i buy alot of of paper and i write everything out and letters like the old days got to keep the little people a live some how
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: rcbrad on September 19, 2009, 05:09:26 pm
i use paper because we have to keep the paper mills running some how so i buy alot of of paper and i write everything out and letters like the old days got to keep the little people a live some how

I use paper bags myself also, but I do not buy them.  It keeps everything from rolling around and out of the bags when I am driving home.  Paper bags are better for the environment.  The reusable bags are best though.   Who are the little people?  Do you mean alive or a life?  :)
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: klkwid on September 19, 2009, 05:11:27 pm
I always get plastic because I use them for so much other stuff!  I use them mostly for garbage bags, but there's so much other stuff to do with them.  Why pay for garbage bags when yo uget them for free when you buy your groceries?
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: discardedheart on September 19, 2009, 06:21:55 pm
we use plastic and then save them to re-use for
the bathroom trashcan..

this is what we do at my house too ;p
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: kymness on September 19, 2009, 07:22:12 pm
reusable canvas bags  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: Moneymaker777 on September 19, 2009, 07:25:48 pm
I prefer plastic, because I use them for other things.  :)
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: momzy28 on September 20, 2009, 08:12:22 am
i used reusable bags


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Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: michellemoore92 on September 20, 2009, 09:14:48 am
my parents refuse to use reusable bags.
they're so stubborn.
when I go to the store myself, I use a reusable bag.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: Azanne07 on September 20, 2009, 09:30:56 am
i dont have a preference I just use what ever i get. I recycle the plastic ones thou. i either bring them to the local bread thrift store or bring them back to the store that i got them from and toss them in those recycle barrels they have
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: yolandazwei1 on September 20, 2009, 09:58:19 am
I bring my own bags
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: babypolotb on September 20, 2009, 10:07:46 am
plastic. i think its easier to carry.  i usually carry about 5 bags in each hand when taking the grocery inside the house. i need to start using reusable bags tho.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: eneidaselina on September 20, 2009, 10:08:20 am
paper
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: davidf938 on September 20, 2009, 11:42:23 am
I prefer to use paper bags. As was mentioned earlier, you often only get one or two items in a plastic bag which accomplishes nothing.  If you carry the bags in a car, the paper ones stand up but the plastic ones roll everywhere. If you walk with them, the plastic bags break quickly with the least bit of weight. There have been times I didn't get off the parking lot before the plastic bag would break.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: PMZ908 on September 20, 2009, 05:39:48 pm
who cares
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: sheliawheeler on September 20, 2009, 06:00:44 pm
I don't think it matters which bag you use as long as you recycle them.  The paper bags are better for the environment, but we are cutting down trees to make them.  Then the plastic bags are easier to use because of the handles.  People that buy lots of groceries tend to use plastic bags for that reason.  I use both, but when I do use the plastic I also use them as trash bags in the bathrooms and other rooms.  The important thing is to recycle.
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: mamie520 on September 20, 2009, 09:24:23 pm
Neither ... I have started to use those canvas bags ... they last forever & it is a small way for me to help the environment.  ;D
Title: Re: Paper or Plastic?
Post by: Gungnir on September 20, 2009, 09:25:51 pm
plastic gets the job done half the time and paper can rip