Eco bags

[Grace]

I have been using them for over 20 years. I bought 4 or 5 from a place in New Hampshire and they are still going strong.

I also got some recently from Whole Foods. Very colorful, with this inscription on the bag - I used to be a plastic bottle.

That's right - recycled pop bottles. Cost was 99¢ per bag, and if they break Whole Foods will replace them.

[kitten645]

We may get alot of crap about being Californians but I'd say at least 30-40% of the people that come to my store have reusable bags. There are even signs at the front door of most grocery stores reminding people so they can go back to the car to get theirs! I admit to having scampered back a few times myself but I've found super cute ones that fold up to nothing and I just leave it in my purse.
My store even gives you a five cent credit per bag that you bring in! And aside from all the PC stuff, I can tell you that a grocery bag cost alot more than $.05 so the store benefits as well.
Claudia

[cassiesmom]

I am such a butter brain, I always forget to bring my reusable bag with me to the supermarket! I was at IKEA today and bought a really L-O-U-D one (bright red with a busy pattern) for $1.50. I figured that way I would see it and remember to take it. I'm going to try and remember to put it right back in the car after I've been to the supermarket. IKEA also sells zip top bags for a sack of cat box filler, made from recycled materials. I like that idea because it would make it easier to get the sack from the car to the closet.

[pomtzu]

I put mine right back in the car after I've emptied them in the house. If I didn't do that - I'd never remember them either!

[Randi]

I use plastic bags again and again - I put two together, that makes them stronger.

[finn's mom]

I use reusable bags for shopping. When I forget mine at the store, I just push my cart full of groceries outside, load the stuff in the car and bag the groceries at home. I also stopped using produce bags a year or so ago. Unless it's something really small, like loose spinach or green beans.

There's a site that I want to start buying produce bags from called www.ecobags.com. They have small reusable bags for stuff like grains and produce, too.

I also stopped using plastic bags in my small garbage cans. We are required to have our regular garbage in bags, so I can't stop using them in our main trash can.

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

I use them.

Right now, the grocery stores give you $0.05 per bag credit if you bring your own. It's not a lot, but it adds up.

The city council is considering banning plastic grocery bags altogether or making the grocery store charge you for each bag you use if you don't bring your own.