How much landfill spae is filled with paper and plastic shopping bags?

July 18, 2010 by getme · 2 Comments
Filed under: Conservation

Zach asked:

I need to write a flier and need a lot of information on non-reusable shopping bags.

One thing in particular that I really need to know is how much landfill space is filled by paper and plastic bags? Plastic in particular??

Thanks, and please put anything you know because I need a lot of information!

Also, Please site the information you have, or else I cannot use it.

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Are shopping totes really better for the environment than brown paper or plastic bags?

December 16, 2009 by getme · 11 Comments
Filed under: Green Living

dlightful2u asked:

With all the craze of celebrities using shopping totes and retail clothing stores that supply them, are shopping totes better for the environment? I’ve looked at these “This is not a plastic bag” totes and I wonder “Aren’t these too made of non-environment friendly materials? If say, one of these shopping totes lasts me a year, how much damage does making this bag do to the environment, versus the damage a year’s worth of plastic bags from the grocery store do to the environment?