Why Shouldn't We Use Plastic Bags?

Source:  http://dikelantan.com/2011/01/01/no-plastic-bags-on-saturday/

Everyone tells everyone not to use plastic bags and to bring their own totes while shopping. But to be honest many of us don't really know why, nor do we question this trendy inconvenience.

Here's why we'd better not be using too many plastic bags:

http://www.haileycityhall.org/HELP/PlasticBagFacts.pdf

So actually the problem is not just with us demanding for these plastic bags, but also how they are being handled after we dispose of them. And, would it be quite stupid that we do not accept plastic bags from supermarkets but then buy rubbish bags to store and dispose of household waste?

Maybe scientists can stop trying to discover the God Particle and find a way to convert energy using plastic bags to power a city. That way there will be good use for them after all.