paperorplastic.com home mission bags bag management faq 10 reasons contact us Freqently Asked Questions Q: Do any of your products contain synthetic materials. A: All threads are synthetic. Q: Isn't that bad for the environment? A: Only if you throw it away. Q: How did you score the 'paperorplastic.com' domain name? A: Everything has a price...... Q: I found the same bag on a different website for less money. Why are your prices higher than theirs? A: It isn't the same bag. Q: Are any of your products made overseas? A: Not yet. Q: Hey, that's not cool. If you're suppose to be 'Green' how can you justify the transportation carbon footprint? A: Price.  We never said we were 'Green' anyway. Q: That makes sense. But if you aren't 'Green' then why are you promoting 'Green' products? A: They are only 'Green' if you say they are. The need for a good bag has been around much longer than the need to be 'Green'. Q: I came home from the 'Big Store' with 10 plastic bags of stuff. Should I be taking 10 reusable bags into the store? A: That's up to you. We'll sell them to you, but that's a lot of money to invest in reusable bags. You should check out our 'Bag Management' section. Q: I'm confused. You sell reusable grocery bags, but don't promote their use? A: That's not the point. First, they aren't just for groceries. Second, you could take an empty box to the store and use it to bring out your purchase. And simply, the most satisfying aspect about using a well constructed reusable bag is ergonomic. With 10-20 pounds of groceries, the comfort of soft fabric is preferred over the thin cutting edged handles of a paper or plastic bag. The 'green' effect is a bonus. Q: Paper or Plastic? A: That's a trick question.  There really isn't one easy answer. Being 'green' is a multi faceted, long term commitment. The whole 'green' thing boils down to being conservative with your consumption of goods, or employing ways to make the consumables you use last a little longer. Saving a few disposable bags isn't going to save the world, but is a small way of demonstrating a commitment to that effort. Consider your options: buying a new hybrid car, walking 10 miles to work, or turning off the AC this summer? Why use one of our bags?  Our bags are constructed and decorated in-house from fabric and thread to the finished product.  The design and decoration of our bags are the result of years of experience and strong  (sometimes too strong) customer feedback.   Don't need a bag for groceries?  Well, you need a bag for something.  Our bags are for whatever you want to put in them.  Books, tools, beach towels, cloths, jumper cables, other bags, junk mail, propaganda, emergency coffee table cleanup, and of course, groceries. Don't do it to be green, do it because you have class.....