Paper or Plastic; what kind of Bag Should I Choose For My T-Shirt?

Hey, are you thinking about a suitable and good looking T-shirt Bag?  And still can’t decide which type of bag will be the best, I mean you are stuck with paper or plastic bag, right? Well, we will be discussing some of the characteristics of both types of T-shirt bags so that you can finally decide which one to choose and which one to turn down. Actually, this same story is going and going for a long time. There are comments of parties, customer and grocers. But in the end the plastic bags has been decided as one of the reason behind environmental imbalance. Actually the Toronto Feb 2 report “Which is greater, paper or plastic? You might be surprised” deserves the credit for finally bringing some balance in this issue. 

 What does Market Say?

Now, the fact is how the market describes the situation, I mean how the retailers describing the reason of using the type of bags that they are providing the customers. Let us see how both parties explain their feelings. The grocers actually like them as it causes only 0.22 per bags where as the customers are feeling comfortable with plastic bags rather than paper bags. But the environmental safety issue is more important and that’s why an environment friendly bag should be used. It doesn’t matter whether you are a customer or you have a T shirt shop, the fact is the safety, cost, and of-course style does play a role on representing the status. So, we will be starting from the paper bag for your t-shirt. 

Environmental Safety

In the environmental perspective a paper bag is more suitable than the plastic bag though the style issue is almost the same for both type of bags, the cost of the paper bag is also low ($0.15-0.50 / bag) but it has some specific disadvantages like- relatively less weight bearing capability even if it has the strength, it will have an extra weight. Though paper bags are being recycled frequently yet it is losing its popularity day by day due some safety reason. 

Comparative Advantage 

Think about it, you have just purchased a new T-shirt and on the way of your home and accidentally paper bag with your new T-shirt fall into the water as it rained a while ago. How would you feel? Yeah, I know that feelings, no one would his/ her new t-shirt to be nasty through such an unexpected incident.  On the other hand the plastic bags are getting more and more popularity because of its stylish look as well as lightweight. And it has comparatively more strength of holding weight than the paper bags. The cost of the plastic bags is a little lower than the paper bags ($ 0.025-0.50). One of the most common reasons behind using the plastic bags today is, it keeps the t-shirts safe from the water. Though the plastic bags have some environmental risk issue but if it is recycled properly then the risk can be minimized. So both of them have their own pros and cons and you are in the middle of them to make the choice.