Product DescriptionThe deceptively simple supermarket choice echoed in the title of this timely book looms large in a Western consumer society that is clearly on a collision course with the planet’s life-support systems. Do we clearcut forests, process pulp, and bleach it with chlorine to make paper bags? Or do we make a pact with demon hydrocarbon, refining ancient sunlight into handy plastics? About half the total volume of America’s municipal solid waste is packaging-at least 300 p. . . More >>
Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World
