As far as I can tell, the comparison in the article shows that it's generally way better for the environment to get a bunch of those flimsy plastic bags at the

As far as I can tell, the comparison in the article shows that it's generally way better for the environment to get a bunch of those flimsy plastic bags at the grocery check-out than to re-use a more substantial cotton or plastic bag (such as you can buy at Aldi) or to use paper bags. This conclusion is completely unintuitive to me.