[lxgr]

> Most of the substitutes have a bigger ecological footprint

Only if you insist on single-use things, in many cases. A reasonable substitute for a single-use plastic bag isn't a single-use paper bag: It's a multi-use bag.

> even if you don't care at all about cost and comfort.

I care a lot about comfort, which is why a single-use utensil ban can't come soon enough in the US.