Paper or plastic?

[zoedragon]

Paper has the advantage of being biodegradeable and recyclable, however it uses up trees. Plastic, while also recyclable, is not biodegradeable. Does it make difference what we choose?

When I was a kid I used to prefer to line my trash can with paper bags because it was easier to wipe my snot on it. Gross, but true. Now as an adult I find that plastic bags fit my garbage cans better than paper. (I still wipe my snot on paper, but they're called tissues.) I choose plastic because it's more useful to me.

Environmentally speaking though, is one better than the other? Or is it all about the same?

[Admin]

I am a recycling person myself. All junk mails and old papers, I toss it in my recycling bin. I prefer paper over plastic bags. If people learned to recycle their papers now and then, the cost of trees would not be a problem. So paper over plastic.
And rather than thinking about our environment in the future, why not now. I heard that the environmentists are proposing automakers to reduce the smog exhaust by 30% or so for all the new lineups in 4-5 years. The plan is to reduce existing smogs across the nation and protect our ozone layer.

[jrdonson]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

When I was a kid I used to prefer to line my trash can with paper bags because it was easier to wipe my snot on it.

TMI

I like paper. It makes baging newspapers really easy cause you can just toss in the whole bag without worrying about plastic/twine, etc.

James

[Mike]

What is TMI?

[jrdonson]

Originally Posted by Mike

What is TMI?

Too Much Information.

[zoedragon]

yes it was TMI wasn't it?