Paper or Plastic: Which Bags Hurt the Environment More?

The “paper or plastic” conundrum that vexed earnest shoppers throughout the 1980s and 90s is largely moot today. Most grocery store baggers don’t bother to ask anymore.

Paper vs. plastic bags: You’d think this fight would have been settled by now. But as you can see in this video, for cities around the world, the fight is more complicated than you’d think.