[edzo4]

plastic bags are great I reuse them for all kinds of things picking up dog waste, as trash bags for wastebaskets, for bag luches and for the used cat litter, I would rather a plastic bag from recyled plastic than a paper or cloth bag, plus the ‘fact’ that plastic bags are evil is pure BS

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forums/viewthread/7438/

Evil plastic bags. Take it from the Environmental Protection Agency : paper bags are not better for the environment than plastic bags. If anything, the evidence from life-cycle analyses favors plastic bags. They require much less energy — and greenhouse emissions — to manufacture, ship and recycle. They generate less air and water pollution. And they take up much less space in landfills.

[Retired COB]

Take it from the Environmental Protection Agency : paper bags are not better for the environment than plastic bags. If anything, the evidence from life-cycle analyses favors plastic bags. They require much less energy — and greenhouse emissions — to manufacture, ship and recycle. They generate less air and water pollution. And they take up much less space in landfills.

You forgot the biggie.....It's a lot easier to carry cockroaches home from the grocery store in paper bags. The roaches prefer paper.