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Paper
Paper - Environmental Effects
Paper - Manufacturing
Paper - Pros & Cons
Paper - Photos
Plastic
Plastic - Environmental Effects
Plastic - Manufacturing
Plastic - Pros & Cons
Plastic - Photos
Reusable
Reusable - Manufacturing
Reusable - Pros & Cons
Reusable - Photos
Pros:
Paper bags can decompose more easily than plastic.
Paper bags are recycled more often than plastic.
Cons:
American’s consume more than 10 billion paper bags each year – 14 million trees are cut down yearly for the manufacturing of paper.
In the process of the production of paper bags, thousands of gallons of fresh water and bleach are used to clean the pulp.
Paper produces 70% more air pollution and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bag production.
It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag