Plastic bags are bad enough. Even worse, I'd say, is all the plastic used in packaging of pretty much anything and everything you buy. Bubblewrap can be reused (but most of the time is probably binned). Other uses in packaging is designed to be ripped open to get to the product and then the plastic is waste, good for nothing any more. And then there are drinking straws. I hear pasta tubes make a good substitute here so long as your drink isn't too acidic (eg. cola).

The best solution is probably to burn it all though that will likely increase the amount of dioxins and other dangerous pollution in the air.