Paper vs. plastic bags for grocery shopping?

Next time when a supermarket assistant asks you "Plastic or Paper bag?" and your answer is "Paper", think again. Turns out, using a paper bag does not make your consumerist lifestyle any less guilty of environmental pollution.

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