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7. I can't think of a grocery market I've been in that doesn't offer paper bags

Sat Sep 26, 2020, 09:04 AM

Sep 2020

A lot of other retailers also use paper. I think people just ask for the plastic ones because they are easier to handle.

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Didn't McDonald's switch to ordinary cardboard containers PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #2

Have been for a long time. bearsfootball516 Sep 2020 #3

Cardboard and paper are more easily recycled Shermann Sep 2020 #4

Whole Foods and Trader Joes do use paper bags. Jillgirl Sep 2020 #5

I'm impressed with Amazon/Whole Foods on environmental issues nt Shermann Sep 2020 #6

I can't think of a grocery market I've been in that doesn't offer paper bags The Genealogist Sep 2020 #7

I admit that I prefer to use plastic bags, TexasTowelie Sep 2020 #9