[FORTRUTHONLY]

I've been using the reusable bags provided now by most supermarkets for a small fee and I find them to be much better. They are easier to carry from trunk of the car to the house, you can store more items in there and I personally do not mind it. Personally I find the reusable much better than the old "plastic" bags. Don't knock off this idea until you tried it for yourself.

My parents are using them too now, they both have OA and they find them better fit for them than the old style plastic bags.

[Stoat]

Don't knock off this idea until you tried it for yourself

I haven't heard anyone here "knocking off the idea"....it's the matter of Government's involvement in the matter that irks myself and many here.  If the plastic bags are some sort of public health hazard, then they should make the scientific case for that and ban them.  This is merely another tax masquerading as "environmental stewardship" made by people who loathe the free market.

Your voluntary use of whatever bag you want to use is a great example of the free market at work....too bad Socialists don't want to follow your example.

[ktscarlett66]

I *love* reusable bags. I’ve been doing it for years. Sometimes I’ve gotten funny looks and sometimes I get a “Where did you find those?” Mine have also been used as totes on vacation and to the beach, for trick-or-treat bags, all kinds of things. I recently got some new ones as the oldies are wearing out. I can get 2-3x as much stuff in one and they’re much easier to carry. I still get a few plastic bags now and then to use for small trash can liners but when I go shopping 2x a month, it’s nothing for me to bring home 30+ plastic bags (the few times I forgot to take my canvas ones). I can’t use up 60 or 70 bags in a month! (I do recycle the unused ones.)