I do not, but I should start. I love using the plastic bags for other things though like diapers, bathroom trash, cat litter etc. So at least I'm getting more uses out of them.
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I do all the time BUT if I'm stopping on my way home to grab 1 or 2 things I get a plastic bag for the kitty litter.
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I do, but I have to. The stores in my area are not allowed to use the plastic bags and we have to pay ten cents for paper bags. I liked getting the plastic bags since I also reused them but now I can't get them.
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I do. And I always remember to take them too
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Yes, most of the time!
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Yes most of the time I remember!
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We do. We had reusable shopping bags with our commissioned family crest made for our wedding out of town bags. We had extras and use them all the time.
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Almost always, but if I forget I reuse them in the same ways that you do.
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Yep, its illegal to give out plastic bags in the city of Seattle! Paper bags cost 5c I believe.
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I do, but only for groceries. I always forget at places like Target.
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I do; I hate how you buy 15 items and they put them into like 8 plastic bags. So wasteful and annoying. Plus our city is going to start charging $.10 for plastic bags.
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I do. In my city, any bag costs 5 cents, but you get 5 cents back for every bag you bring and I love saving those few cents.
If I go to Trader Joe's or Target in Virginia (where bags are free), I get bags - we use paper to take out our recycling and plastic for our bathroom trash, so it's handy to have a few around.
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No
But like @Bao: we re-use the plastic bags for our wastebaskets, dog poop, REALLY stinky diapers, and other odds and ends around the house. I really don't see us changing our habits soon, unless there's a ban in our city/county.
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Nope. I have them, I just always, always forget them. It doesn't really make it better but we try to reuse them at least once.
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Nope! I re use them, especially for cat poop!
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We almost always bring reusable shopping bags, in part because our city is one of the many in CA that has banned plastic bags and requires merchants to charge $.10 per recycled paper bag. Once a month or so we just buy the paper grocery bags so we have something to take the recycling down to the bins for our apartment building.
Now, whenever we travel we bring back the plastic bags we get like they're contraband, so we can reuse them in all the ways you don't even realize you need them until they're gone!
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We do if we know we're going shopping, but if we stop at a store on a whim we don't have them. If we had a car we'd keep them in the trunk to use, but we dont regularly carry them around
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The cities in our area are charging 10 cents for them if you don't. I try to remember them but sometimes I forget and have to pay for that 10 cents.
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i do, but sometimes i forget to put them back in my car. i've been trying to reuse them at retail stores as well. sometimes if my stuff is small enough, i'll just put the items into my diaper bag!
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I never remember to take them, but I do have a few. My county is one of the few in the area that hasn't outlawed them yet.
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Yep. I get really frustrated when I see people throwing loads of them out.. my parents at least try to recycle and reuse theirs (they're horrible at remembering to take reusable). I wish it would catch on in the Midwest to ban them.
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I do if I remember. I reuse the plastic bags for my bathroom trash. When I go to trader joes I never bring bags because they give me paper and I use the paper bags to hold the recycles under the counter, because a trash can won't fit!
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i do but I like having the plastic bags to line my garbage cans. also there was some big news a while back that reusable bags contained lead, both in the plastic re-enforcement at the bottom, and in the paint! I don't think there are any standards they have to conform to, and there's no way of knowing!
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@Mrs. Chipmunk: That is a good point, I hate those stupid cheap reusable ones made of.. weird felt stuff that I think you're referencing. They end up in the trash anyways!! Which is a shame, because they're given out/sold so many places.
I love our envirosax http://www.envirosax.com/ and a bunch of random cotton canvas totes.
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I bought some from Trader Joe's. I like them but don't use them as often as I should. I often forget them at home. I try to ask for paper bags when I forget them so I can reuse/recycle the paper bags.
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Yep. I remember them probably 90% of the time, and reuse the bags that I do accumulate to line bathroom trash and take lunches to work.
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Always. I keep them in the stroller. I actually buy real trash bags to use around the house.
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Yup, I have them in my car so I always have them.
I can remember when I got to grocery stores but I always seem to forget my target reusable bags.
I've a bit obsessed with collecting reusable bags. I probably have about 20. I bought the insulated ones but the thinner ones I got most of them for free.
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I buy regular trash bags as well...I got into the habit when I lived abroad as you have to use specific bags for trash.
All my reusable bags come from Swiss grocery stores. They're made from recycled plastic bottles too!
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I never remember to bring them, although I do have them. I use the plastic bags for a lot of things, too, though, and recycle them when they get too much.
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I do about 80% of the time. I keep the bulkier ones in the back of my car for groceries and I have a few that roll up into little balls that I keep for other shopping. We do reuse the plastic bags that we get for various things like PPs said.
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Yup, I feel really bad if I forget them.
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Usually! We are good about remembering them for groceries, but not so good at other places. I like Target's plastic bags, though. They are a really good size for lining trash cans.
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I do if I remember but that's rare!
I have a ton of plastic bags that we use for bathroom garage, diapers and cat poo.
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Nope because like you, I use them to line my bathroom trash cans and use them to store stuff, etc.
If I go to Aldi, I bring reusable bags because they don't give you anything to take your groceries home in!
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Nope. We just pay the 5cents/bag.
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We do when we shop at Trader Joe's for the bulk of our groceries, but we do not when we shop at the normal grocery for extra items (which amounts to a few plastic bags/week, if that). We like having some plastic bags around for DH's lunch and various other home stuff.
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Yep!
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Yep! We keep them in the car so we pretty much always have a few with us but if I stop on the way home from the office I usually have to get plastic. We do what pp's said and reuse the plastic bags for garbage.
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I have so many bags but I always forget to either take them in the car, or if they're in the car, actually bring them into the store!
If I go to Trader Joe's or Target in Virginia (where bags are free), I get bags - we use paper to take out our recycling and plastic for our bathroom trash, so it's handy to have a few around.
But like @Bao: we re-use the plastic bags for our wastebaskets, dog poop, REALLY stinky diapers, and other odds and ends around the house. I really don't see us changing our habits soon, unless there's a ban in our city/county.
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