This is our column by Doug Pibel and Annie Berthold-Bond which answers reader questions on how to live sustainably. A Journal of Positive Futures . You get plastic unless you.
Hard facts are few.
Each industry supplies information - but what they tell you is why the other is bad. You discover that paper bags kill trees and pollute water. You find out that plastic bags use precious oil and neither biodegrade nor recycle very well. Not that it really matters, because the answer is much simpler and has nothing to do with these issues. Our dog brought fleas into our house, and we don't know how to get rid of them.