Plastic bags are produced from petroleum products.
Where does petroleum come from?
FROM THE DAMN EARTH, YOU FRIGGIN' MORONS! IT IS JUST AS NATURAL AS PAPER, RECYCLABLE, AND BIODEGRADABLE IF DISPOSED OF PROPERLY!
Plastic bags were supposed to be the replacements for paper, because people were bitching about saving the trees.
Now how are shoppers going to pack items such as fruits, vegetables, frozen foods, milk and juice?
Not to mention oblong items that just don't fit in paper bags.
What about the people that live in high-rise apartments? I can carry about 6 plastic bags full of groceries with me back to my apt in one trip. I can't do that with paper bags, because it's too bulky or it'll rip.