| In comparison with plastic, paper bags are | | | | and convenient. There are a lot of reusable bags |
| undoubtedly more eco-friendly. Firstly, they are | | | | available both at the markets as well as online. |
| made up of trees that can be replanted. Secondly, | | | | Some are expensive high fashion options, and |
| paper industry employs a lot of labor so buying | | | | some for $1 at your local grocery store. Cloth |
| paper grocery bags is a big way of supporting | | | | bags are waste-less. They can be rolled up into a |
| them to earn their living. Paper bags are also | | | | compact shape and can be kept in a purse, |
| biodegradable (a plastic bag would still be in a | | | | pocket or glove box - you can always have them |
| landfill 1,000 years from now). But did you know | | | | with you. They have more capacity then paper |
| that about 1/3 of our waste is paper and | | | | grocery bags. Some of them are designed to hold |
| paperboard? So, if we want to reduce the | | | | up to 25 pounds. In addition, they can be easily |
| amount of waste on earth, we have to reduce | | | | carried on your shoulder and are thus not a |
| the use of paper. This is what this article deals | | | | fatigue like paper bags. |
| with and also provides you with sustainable, | | | | Cloth bags have a great advantage for they can |
| innovative and more eco-friendly solutions. | | | | be washed and re-used and thus last very long. In |
| As mentioned earlier, if we want to go green | | | | a nut-shell we can say that though paper bags |
| then we will have to work on the maxim of | | | | are a better option as compared with plastic bags |
| reduce, reduce and reduce! There are innumerable | | | | but the former are not as eco-friendly as are |
| ways of reducing the amount of waste we | | | | cloth bags. Many companies are coming up with |
| produce. One of the most significant ways is to | | | | bright eco-friendly ideas about cloth bags. For |
| use grocery bags made of cloth instead of paper | | | | example, I recently visited a website that sells |
| because experts believe that packaging including | | | | cloth bags with eco-friendly messages printed on |
| paper grocery bags makes up about half our | | | | them. It is indeed a very good option to create |
| garbage by volume and one-third by weight. Ask | | | | public awareness. It feels great that you are being |
| yourself, what do you do when your paper | | | | eco-friendly and yet appear fashionable. I |
| grocery bag gets torn or wet? The answer is | | | | therefore advise folks who are reading this article |
| simple. You throw it away and get a new one. So | | | | to waste less plastic, paper and other items that |
| imagine how much paper you are wasting and | | | | clog landfills, eliminate trees and pollute our earth. |
| how many trees get cut for all this? The figures | | | | Go for grocery carriers that help you reduce, |
| are beyond our calculation. | | | | reuse, recycle and recover. In short, go Green |
| So which is more eco-friendly? It is switching over | | | | and Happy shopping! |
| to cloth bags because they are a chic, affordable | | | | |