You can always make x better than y by choosing the criteria that define "better". Making plastic "better" than paper requires ignoring the plastic particles t

You can always make x better than y by choosing the criteria that define "better". Making plastic "better" than paper requires ignoring the plastic particles that are building up in our drinking water, the plastic bags that litter the world, etc. Blah. EDIT: I want to rant. That comparison linked to appears to include the energy to recycle paper in paper's carbon footprint, while it has no such cost for plastic, not even an estimate of what energy could perhaps be required to recycle plastic as well as paper actually us. Sigh.