• Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Plastics Issues page

• Despres, Renée, Paper or Plastic? Delicious Living Magazine, March 2002.

• EPA site on Plastic vs. Paper

• Franklin Associates, Ltd.; under Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment, "Paper vs. Plastic Bags," 'Postcard,' 1990. (This frequently cited life-cycle analysis is less thorough than more recent studies, which expand up from 3 indicators to six. Still, it is a frequent citation and this summary can be helpful for background; focuses on energy.)

• Imhoff, David "Paper or Plastic? Deconstructing One of Life’s Everyday Questions" (Summarizes some of his book, Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World (2005); Presented at the Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Conference, 2005)

• Ireland, Waste Management (Environmental Levy)(Plastic Bag) Regulations, 2001. Dublin, Stationery Office.

• Leahy, Stephen "Drowning in an Ocean of Plastic," Wired News, June 5, 2004

• Lowy, Joan "Plastic Left Holding the Bag as Environmental Plague." Nations around world look at a ban." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 21, 2004

• SF Environment, San Francisco Bag Cost Analysis, 2004

• Scottish Executive Publications, Proposed Plastic Bag Levy - Extended Impact Assessment: Volume 1: Main Report , Scotland, 2005 (the colored graph 60% down this page is interesting. Overall, it is lengthy, and places plastic as seond best, but assumes that all waste is going to the landfill. Recommends a tiered fee on both paper and plastic disposable bags.)

• Consultancy Study on Plastic Bags in Ireland (1999); we are still looking for a link to this one, but its 'weighting process' is interesting and is explained here under , 'Calculation of Eco-Indicators.'

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- "Paper or Plastic?"
- Bag Facts
- How Do I Get a Reusable Bag?
- The Food Co-op List
- Recycling Locations

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