"It is not what we don't know that gets us, it is what we know that just ain't so."

The short version - the ultra thin plastic bags people think are going to "destroy" the planet are better than all of the alternatives.

https://www.city-journal.org/needless-panic-over-disposable-plastic?fbclid=IwAR1kgafUKfGyuAmncSJwgWlS0lZ_4PSMoGWzyQq5ZuWRvHlqeC1dI2JIxtU