The advantages of using cloth bags over polythene bags include

(a) Polythene bags are practically non bio-degradable. The improper disposal of such bags would result in soil pollution. Cloth bags are bio-degradable and will not pollute the environment.

(b) Usage of cloth bags would promote the cottage industries which produce cloth bags.

(c) Cloth bags are more durable when compared to polythene bags.

(d) The production processes of polythene bags involve in the emission of harmful chemicals.