Paper or Plastic?

Poll - Total Votes: 20

Paper

Plastic

Neither

You can only vote on one answer.

It’s definitely the lesser of two evils:

Plastic clutters up the environment, killing and injuring wildlife

Paper is biodegradable and adds to greenhouse gases.

Bringing your own reusable bag mitigates these two but increases risk of food borne illness.

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Piper · 61-69, F

It's most always the lesser of two "evils", when wishing to do the [i]least[/i] harm. I choose the reusable bag option, above paper or plastic.

It is primarily raw meat and sometimes unwashed produce, that increases the risk of food born illness when using one's own bags while grocery shopping. That can be easily remedied by using either a few plastic bags as opposed to 15 or [b]50[/b], or simply washing or otherwise 'sanitizing' whatever kind of reusable bags a person chooses.