I prefer the paper but like many others use the plastic as liners for the small waste recepticles we have.
Levi

 

My first job was a bagger at a small grocery store and they taught us that art. I now presort my food as I put it on the belt so it gets bagged properly.

I prefer the plastic - I need to climb a flight of stairs to get to my place - the handles are great so I can make one trip and still be able to put the key in the door. And it seems we all like them for waste can liners.

 

I say there is nothing quite as interesting as a loaf of fresh Wonder Bread at the bottom of a bag full of canned goods. Bread Sculpture!

 

Finally! I was starting to lose hope anyone else did this

 

I never worked as a bagger, but my father taught me how to unload my shopping cart onto the belt so bagging would be easier.

It amazes me when I go in to pick up one item, and they bag it I mean, really...1 or maybe 3 items I was carrying to the register? I mean, I know I look kinda scrawny, but...I think I can manage...

I reuse my plastic shopping bags for garbage as my apt kitchen doesn't really have room for a trash can. That said...I can't stand seeing them wasted - which, lets face it, is what happens to the majority of the plastic bags

 

I agree there's some waste going on, but this whole deal just seems like one big publicity charade. "Look, we're going to do something to save the environment." When in reality, the cost offset and inconvenience is far from worth it. Where in live in Southeastern CT, all our trash is burned for energy anyways. I'm not saying I condone 1-use throwaways, but it's not a total waste or a long term landfill problem.

If people think it's worth the time and effort for the peace of mind to use reusable bags, great. I'm all for it. Many folks will say "what's so hard about using a reusable bag?" I say "Nothing." But there are a thousand and 1 arguments of the same nature... I use my dishwasher and a clothes dryer, but what's so hard about air drying clothes or hand washing dishes? It'd save a lot of energy (and some water) if everyone did those. But we all pick our conveniences, because almost every one has a monetary and environmental cost.

The bag issue just reeks of a big high-profile but low impact attention-getter so that the legislation can claim it's doing something good.

Why not do something like ban the excessive packaging on consumer items, or even better, eliminate junk mail? Almost everyone hates those things... but they'd be difficult to legislate. So the bag ban is the easy route to image-boosting at my expense.

 

Now thats a good idea!

 

Yup, I remember Heartland........How bout "The Fair" department store before Wally World took over the world......use to work there

 

gotta save money for track events somehow

 

Yeah that 25 cents a week really adds up

I totally agree on the reducing of packaging. Some product packaging is just a ridiculous excess, and half the materials are not even recyclable.