European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Commissar at commissaries in Europe the Brown paper grocery bag Reigna supreme. Supermarket controversy paper bags is. Plastic new York times Battle is being waged by t he american paper Industry Tores lore the crumbling oligopoly of the Brown paper grocery bag now Thi Ealend by the popularity of the plastic sack. And coincidentally. Environmental concern voiced by members of Many women s clubs in the unil de slates also favors paper. Around the country people like Phyllis a Roberts the president of the 500.000 Mcm bar general federation of women s clubs Are urging stores to Stock paper instead of plastic. Roboin said she was so moved by accounts of sea turtles whales and other wildlife that died alter eating Erma Bombeck plastic bags thai she has placed the bag Issue near Iho lop of her presidential Agenda. From Iho conservation standpoint the paper bag is what should to. Used said Robes. One of my club members sent a dipping showing the ninth Deer thai had been killed in a slate Park because it ingested a plastic bag " plastic Industry spokesmen a Cunt out that improper disposal by people not lethal intent on Iho part of plastic bag manufactures led to the animal casualties. Roberts who said she appreciated the Way a plastic bag prevents packaged Chicken from leaking for example insists that her organization is not opposed to plastic. It was just our feeling that people should have a  she said. For several Yoars tvo american paper Institute a Trade association based in Mew York has been promoting the Brown grocery bag in an Ell Oil to Hall the Progress the plastic sack has in do in a Market thai once he longed exclusively to paper. We had almost 100 percent of the Market until six years ago said David h Carlo Lon. Manager of the Institute s Kraft paper division we want to defend that Market " about 22 billion grocery bags were used last year and about 38 percent of those were . Up from 5 poit enl in 1982. Sales of All bags arc slim Ald at $700 million lot billion a year the Institute has supplied club members with materials. Roberts said including Lector Waling guidelines and bumper stickers that proclaim. Paper bags have sacks  Olhorn tools include to shirts embellished with a portrait of a hails Stilwell credited with developing the Lisl machine Able to mass produce Papor grocery bags All this notwithstanding plastic bags Are generally agreed to be cheaper stronger and easier to carry because of their handles prior to the introduction of plastic we wore literally at the mercy of the paper bag suppliers said Joherl Wunderly an economist and spokesman for supermarkets general Cor which owns the 138 store path Mark Chain we would be notified thai Clec tic the following week prices would go up pal Hmark has stores in five Northern slates and 23 Oiler Only plastic bags Wunderle said. Most of those Are in Urban areas where customers walk to the store. A few tellers from women s club members have Boon received by the plastic Only stores Wunderle said noting that the letters were remarkably similar to each other and remarkably similar to press releases prepared by the american paper  at other stores customers appear to be evenly divided Over the two types of bags. Avella a. Williams customer relations director Lor Sloan s supermarkets said the 38 Storo Manhattan based Chain stocks both you find the older people cling to the Brown  she said they use them for  the women s club Campaign was born of a gesture by Jeanna Bakelar. Who shops in Sparla n j. She discovered while escorting her Mother on a grocery gathering expedition in Brooklyn that not All stares offer a Choice of bags. She wrote to her store manager in Sparla thanking him for doing so and hundreds of other women followed suit Bakelar who is known today As the bag lady from new Jersey to Many people she knows and to Many she has t met said her preference is motivated by annoyance at the inconvenience hat plastic bags cause m my  such As cans rolling out of the More collapsible sack followed by concern for the environment people who have been Selling paper bags never expressed any environmental concerns until they had some Competition Wunderle said there Are several paper companies Hal now make and sell plastic grocery bags said Ranald r. Schmieder. Mobile chemical co s Mark Elm manager for plastic grocery sacks. They be seen the Light " there is no easy answer for supermarkets which must walk a Tightrope Between Cost culling and shopper satisfaction. Ultimately we would like everybody to accept the plastic bags but you can t turn Oil a customer said Williams of Sloan s. It s really kind of difficult to say which is belter i guess the Ideal is to put the paper bag in the plastic bag " we fun f he history of women s deliverance from the chains of domesticity is written an entire volume will undoubtedly be devoted to the Man who males Collee in the  he is the new Patron Saint of sacrifice. The secure Man of the 80s -. The path Linder of kitchens. You can to Silling around talking with a woman no runs a House holds Down a full time 0b, raises a children pays the Bills Volun cers and Irons during David Letterman. Only to have her Hus bid say yes. But who makes the Collee every morning making Collee has become the Greal Compromise of the decade it s the Only thing real men do that does i seem to Ihie Alen their masculinity they put it on the Samo Laleau As carrying the baby during Tho last three months of pregnancy i Don t  to sound ungrateful bul making Coffea is one of Tho simpler things women do to us it s on me Samo Domestic entry level As putting the Spring Back into the Toilolo tissue Holder or taking a Frozen Chicken out of the Freezer to Ina it s Nice but it certainly does t compare to getting a cracked egg Oul of a Carton when it s stuck or taking lint of Corduroy pants that were washed with a nose tissue in the pocket. Making Coffee became on equal oppor Lucily Job in the Early 70s when the Lisl Man crossed Over to the Colf Ecol one Mommy and said ill Maxe the Coulee Margaret. You get the breakfast pack the lunches get the kids off to school de ice the car and got ready for work " it was a major breakthrough. Although unisex col tee making became acceptable in most Homes men did t go Public with it until the 80s. It became a status thing sign lying Here were shared duties in the Home and Iney were Liberal enough to realize the Lerm working Mother was redundant i have a husband who makes col tee the first time he is introduced to you he extends his hand and says Nice to meet you i make Coffee every  As a matter of fact he has now become an expert in fillers and measurements. The other morning i said. I would have made some co fee bul i Don t know where you store  it s in the Freezer he said stays fresher Ihan when you used to store in in the canister. Besides you use Loo much Coffee when you make it. Alter six cups you have to Cut Bock and you never remember to turn it off and store in in the thermos. I la do in myself that s impressive i said now do you Ihrk you re ready to Lake Cereal out of me cupboard and put it on the Pablo Don t be strident he said it s unbecoming " Pago 16 the stars and stripes wednesday. February 25,1987