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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV)
Date: Tue Mar 25 1997 - 04:23:00 EST 

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 97 09:23 WET
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: Paper or plastic (Brenna)

March 25

Dear Brenna,

The position of the US EPA is that neither is preferable: a reuseable bag is preferable.

The definitive study on the total (environmental and economic) costs of packaging materials conducted by Tellus Institute, The Tellus Institute Packaging Study of 11/91 concluded that the costs of the stuff that plastic grocery bags is made of (Low Density Polyethylene) costs more than the stuff that paper sacks is made of (kraft paper).

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