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  • No plastic for me, Niawen! Is paper better?

    Angela Benedict|Nov 3, 2011

    This has been a debate for a long time. I don’t do plastic. I usually opt for paper, but really paper is no better. I sometimes don’t take either one and just carry my stuff out of the store, but some people don’t like that. My son was actually told by one clerk that he had to take a plastic bag. She said, “No you have to take a bag!” He was like, “No, I don’t. I don’t want a bag.” I was so proud! It drives me crazy when someone goes into the store and buys one item, say a pack of gum, and they put it in a bag. So if no plastic and no paper, wh...