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The article offers information on the ban of plastic bags in various cities of the U.S. and concerns regarding the adoption of paper bags as an alternative. Many cities that have banned or are considering plastic bag bans include Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and California. Governments want to ban plastic bags as they have short life and clog storm drains and threatens marine wildlife. However , greater cost involved in the production of paper bags and bio degradable products is said to be a snag in the adoption of the same.

The article offers information related to plastic bags. It presents views of the noted personalities Miranda Sharpe, Kalina Koloss, and Lee Scott-Virtue on the topic. Sharpe informs about getting a grant from the government to supply stallholders with paper bags instead of plastic. Sharpe talks about the community ownership reflected through demand for paper bags by stallholders as well as consumers. Koloss suggests people to use newspaper instead of using plastic bags to line their bins at home as the newspaper is biodegradable. Scott-Virtue comments on the usability of plastic bags for killing the toads which are more toxic than the bags. The toxin exudes from the toad's skin which can reportedly be held by capturing it in two plastic bags, one inside the other.