brazil is random #4

why is brazil so obsessed with plastic bags?  for a country that hasn't yet figured out how to put the metal teeth on saran wrap boxes, they sure do love giving you way more plastic grocery sacks than is ever necessary.  fortunately, i use my green reuseable sack as much as possible.  and sure, i use the plastic ones in my little wastebaskets in bathrooms and such, but i have so many built up in 8 months of living here.  they don't give you the choice of paper or plastic in the stores here - paper bags are nowhere to be found.  i could go to the store and buy 12 items and they might use 8 different bags.  i kid you not.