Do you use paper, cloth or the store's plastic bags for groceries?

rkunsaw said:
stores plastic bags. Where in the world do they charge for them?
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Just about everywhere except the USA? It's only relatively recent in the UK, but most of Europe has charged for plastic bags for many years. Perhaps the rest of the world has become more aware of the pollution caused by waste plastics. Imposing a nominal charge for single use bags hopefully encourages the use of more durable long lasting ones.
 

Capt Lightning said:
Just about everywhere except the USA? It's only relatively recent in the UK, but most of Europe has charged for plastic bags for many years. Perhaps the rest of the world has become more aware of the pollution caused by waste plastics. Imposing a nominal charge for single use bags hopefully encourages the use of more durable long lasting ones.
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Sounds like Europe is more progressive and environmentally conscious than the US. I approve of it, but what do you do about trash and disposing of dirty cat litter? I re-use those plastic bags for those purposes. My cats are indoor because I want to keep them healthy and safe, so they can't use the ''great outdoors'' (someone's yard) to relieve themselves.
 
PVC said:
Sounds like Europe is more progressive and environmentally conscious than the US. I approve of it, but what do you do about trash and disposing of dirty cat litter? I re-use those plastic bags for those purposes. My cats are indoor because I want to keep them healthy and safe, so they can't use the ''great outdoors'' (someone's yard) to relieve themselves.
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I agree PVC, to a large degree, but when there's a big population in a tiny space, people are forced to acknowledge the problem a lot sooner.

Up here in the tiny New England states we began recycling long ago. Still no charge for those filmy bags yet but it's coming. They are recycled by responsible people.

When I visited OK years ago, they looked at me like I was crazy when I talked about recycling, but to them it never crossed their minds....they have the "wide open spaces" and that's the mindset they knew at the time. So, parts of the US are cognizant while other states need catching up, imo.

Oh, most cat litters are natural substances, biodegradable and the other contents can be considered all natural and fertilizing as well I think :)
 

I've been using cloth bags for years. They used to give them away for free. A couple of times, I forgot the bags; and I got my stuff in plastic bags. My god!! There was a huge pile of those plastic bags. Sometimes, there was only one heavy item in the bag. Getting rid of those plastic bags was a pain, as there wasn't the recycling programs as now.
 
Here in CA, they started charging for paper & plastic bags, so I bought a few insulated ones. Keeps food colder, anyway
 
PVC said:
For paper, too, I thought it was plastic to discourage its use? Where did you buy the insulated ones?
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All the markets started selling them after they started charging for them. "Trader Joe's," Ralphs," (Kroeger) Vons, etc. They also sell the regular cloth & durable plastic ones for $.99.
 
I don't trust the plastic bags that our local stores offer. I have two cloth shopping bags and 3 large vinyl bags from Home Depot that I use for monthly shopping. I usually want the heavy stuff loaded into the smaller, cloth bags.
 

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