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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Weird. Paper is a renewable resource. Plastic (from oil) is not.
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Actually, the polyethylene in the bags is made from ethane which is a component of natural gas (along with methane) or is a byproduct of distilling oil into gasoline. In gasoline production, ethane is produced anyway so there may as be a use for it instead of just releasing it into the atmosphere.