What Kind of Bags Do You Use at the Supermarket?

Over a third of you people lie.

I bring my own, and when I don't have enough I use paper.

Paper bag with some wood chips inside, starts a proper fire in a wood stove, Shaking crumbs on meat before deep fat frying or baking with the lower 1/3, the upper 2/3 for absorbing oil. Hundreds of other uses.

The reusable bags hold more and are easier to carry.

I use them as trash liners

Although I will get a few plastic ones if I know we are low on them at the house for the bathroom trash cans.

Yeh, we reuse them as liners for rhe bathroom. I guess it isn't as eco friendly, but blah.

Yes it IS ecofriendly. You're reusing. Good job.

Oh really? Yay! :)

I missed the other option of using my own. I always take my own shopping bags which are stronger + easier to pack. We have to pay for carrier bags where i live + they are useless !!.

I save the 5 cents per bag tax *and* get a 5 cent discount on top. Plus the handles don't cut into my had as badly as plastic ones do.

I WAS "FORCED BY LAW" TO PURCHASE "REUSABLE BAGS"...........IF I FORGET TO

BRING THEM ALONG WHEN I GO SHOPPING............THE "CHARGE TO BAG UP MY

GROCERIES..............IS $2.00 PER BAG"..............OUCH!!

Usually. They are the canvas type and were free.

and the canvas bags are useful for all kinds of things. Library, laundry, crafty stuff...

Yes they are!

They just have so many other uses when you get home.

Yup. (evil laugh)

Ha! Not quite what I was speaking about.

I actually prefer paper but usually don't have an option.

They are the perfect size for my bathroom trash can

Paper unfortunately I live in san Jose. They dont hand out plastic bags anymore, and we get charged 10 to 11 cents per paper bag. Paper bags suck for groceries =(

Crap. I should've picked the reusable bag option. That's what my wife uses. But we do it because it's convenient and they're easier to carry. "Saving the world" wasn't why we bought them.

Plastic - double bagged.

I live on the second story of a dorm building. The plastic bags give me handles to carry with, the double bag gives it extra strength not to tear. I then save those bags and use them as trash bags.

Always.

If it holds the goods, who cares (apart from those using reusable bags) if it's paper, plastic, cloth or cardboard?

But I recycle them in my plastics trash. Can't seem to remember to take my own bags which I do have.

Hate to see flying plastic bags around on field and street... Own reusable bag is akind of self esteem to acknowlege that we are concerned people about our Earth!

Most stores now have bins where you can recycle plastic bags. As long as people take advantage of that service, there isn't a problem using plastic. And it greatly reduces the risk of spreading bacteria that is possible with 'reusable' bags.

Plastic bags are made from ethane a byproduct of cleaning up natural gas for use in your stove.
If not used for bags it is flared off.
Greenies worry about carbon dioxide.

If I remember to use the bags I have bought I will, or the bags I have crocheted for myself. Otherwise the plastic or paper are ok. What the heck, kill a tree, pollute the plant with plastic, besides plastic is reusable for many things, including as plarn.

I reuse the paper bags for a lot of things, including packing groceries on repeat trips.

Most of the time I have to shop for my family quickly and efficiently. When I go to the store, I go to buy what my family needs - I don't go there to do favors for environmentalist groups.

Although their initial investment can be intimidating for some, their value is superior. I have finally gathered enough cloth bags that I no longer need the plastic ones.Some stores don't even offer paper bags anymore. For those who would rather not buy cloth bags, you can make them yourself. You can even make them from plastic bags you already have with wax paper and an iron, buy fusing several together to make them strong and reusable. We must wake up to the damage that plastic is doing to our environment. Plastic water bottles are filling up our landfills or decorating the countryside from being thrown out the car windows by selfish, lazy people who don't want to have trash in their cars, or carry that bottles to a trash receptacle. Here, littering takes on a new and scary image. How long does it take for these plastic bottles to disintegrate? Think about it.

First it was Paper then the wacko's what us to save trees an put us on plastic. Now it is back to paper and bring your own bags. One report have the reusable bags as not being that health as they are treated with some chemicals.

What the hell do those ECO wacho's want?

There is a required label inside the reusable cloth bag and 98% say made in China.

Plastic bags are not only the most convienent but als the best for the environment. Who does not reuse them as garbage bags for example. Otherwise one buys plastic bags for (small) garbage, so where is the benefit ?

*sings* TAKE YOUR CANVAS BAGS, TAKE YOUR CANVAS BAGS, TAKE YOUR CANVAS BAGS TO THE SUPERMARKET

I reuse them as trash bags.

My county imposes a five cent charge for each bag provided by the store.