Marthatex
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Does anyone else see it as ironic that several years ago it was seen as the environmentally conscious choice when asked "paper or plastic" to say plastic? The idea being it didn't kill trees, of course. Of course, trees can be replanted and paper biodegrades. Some smart-aleck clerks were ahead of their time by asking "kill a tree or choke a fish." Too bad we didn't realize how true that was. Choosing plastic was definitely considered the environmental choice in order to save the trees. Now we are choking the fish.
Actually around here it was kind of 50/50. we tried to recycle both. I think the problem with plastic is we assumed it was being recycled.
Lots of it isn't, obviously. Yes, it seems if you recycle the paper, they make more paper - at least paper is biodegradable in the landfills.
I always fold my paper bags and put them in the pantry. You can take them to the store and reuse them, trouble is I walk out the door and FORGET!