I was surprised at all the people bringing their own bags in Las Cruces, at the Albertsons. I mean, it's never been a hotbed of recycling either (not counting cans.) But I'd say at least 25% of customers were carting their own bags. I don't know what the Walmarts (a lot of people grocery shop there now- it's driven out a lot of other groceries) look like.

I don't see that around here much.

We've been bringing our bags for years, but I'm still really inconsistent about it. The SO does better than me, which is good, cause he does more of the grocering than I do anymore.

Wal-Mart is just now rolling out "sustainable" bags. Don't ask why I know this.

You want to see Dark Ages? Come to Chicago. No city-wide recycling at all. And the only place I see people with their own bags is at Trader Joes. Not too many even there, really.

There's no city-wide recycling here either. Even New Orleans had it before the storm, though I doubt it's back in place yet.

I end up using the plastic bags for scooping the litterbox. There is probably a better solution.

I've been taking bags pretty regularly for 5-6 years. I generally have a bag of some sort as I do random errands around the hood too, hardware store/drug store/whatnot and probably refude bags about 50% of the time. Today I had a return and UPS shipment in an old paper shopping bag, so I used it for the merchandise I got at 4 different stores.

I end up using the plastic bags for scooping the litterbox. There is probably a better solution.

Me too. I wish I didn't need them, but I can't think of anything else that works.

Jesus Christ, Packer, WTF?

I use the plastic bags for all the trash cans in my house. I use the plastic veggie bags for litter. I think one of the two groceries near me has gone to using the degradable plastic bags. I am trying to slowly shift my shopping to that store since the one I have been going to is just so annoying on so many levels, but learning the layout of a new store in order to shop quickly is proving harder than I expected.