Do you have bags?

I do have a few reusable ones however I hardly use them as they are so small. Im thinking about sewing some of my own and see how that works. We dont have a tax on bags here, however I do reuse them most of the time. The one store we go to you have to buy bags or hope that they have boxes up front to use and I think it makes people think more of what they are doing with them. I have to say alot of the time I do forget them thou and that just makes me think duh to myself! lol

I haven't gotten any bags yet, but I am looking for a pattern to make some. I had mixed feeling about it ( I know it's to help the Earth ) but lets face it . We check ourselves out at the stores now they want us to furnish our own bags. Its feels like the customer is doing more work and getting less survice. What's next we bring in our own stuff to sell to each other while paying the store.

When I do get around to making them I will most likly use them but I can see myself forgetting them from time to time. Esp since I sometime go to the store on impulse.

I do use the reuseable bags and I have quite a few of them. I like them not just for the environment but because of how handy they are for so many things. Locally the stores stopped giving us the discount for using them...fine..it wasn't so much anyway and they didn't offer enough to prompt me to remember them or cause me to run back & grab them if I forgot. Now they want to tax us if we don't use them??? I guess that would prompt me to run back in and grab them...maybe. It would depend on how much. When they were giving us a discount it was only 5 cents here.

I think this is a fantastic initiative and if forcing people to pay extra for plastic bags or offering incentives to use cloth bags forces them to be more environmentally friendly, then it's great! I unfortunately would be one of those people that would consistently forget to bring my own bags though I think. I'd learn eventually!

I think this is an amazing idea! I live in toronto and there has been a new law that started in toronto (since june 1) where stores have to charge the customers for plastic bags. i think this is an amazing idea because plastic bags are extremely bad for the world. they kill animals, and take years to break down.

i have been using reusable bags for years. we go to a independent, organic, fair trade food store. they do not give out plastic bags with your purchase so we have had to bring our own boxes and reusable bags. we tend to keep the bags in our car so that when we go food shopping we don't have to remember to bring them shopping.

i think that it's a great idea to give back to the customer when they use reusable bags. different stores in toronto use methods like these to promote reusable bags.

My mom carries cloth bag while doing grocery. Here, I would like to share something funny with you. IN one of my shopping endeavors I got to know that the mall was offering free cloth bags for the shoppers. This was to promote 'GO GREEN' and stuffs like that. I bought some stuffs and put it inside the free cloth bag that I collected while entering. As I was about to come out the security took the bag from my hand and tucked it inside a plastic bag which endorses theie brand!

Now, that was ridiculous!

hiya Dawn

I think it's a great idea! Maybe people will take it seriously if they do. Plastic carier bags are a nuisance to the environment IMO and drastic measures need to be taken for a drastic situation. I like the idea of being rewarded for our efforts too, so the 50 cent thing is great and will encourage others to follow suit I have on a couple of occasions forgotten to take them with me and when I have my groceries delivered they come in plastic bags... now surely something could be done about that. I must email the company in question to see what they are doing about it.

Alice

A credit for reusing them? What did that do reduce your total store purchase? I always try to remember to use my bags. I keep one for each store I go to. They are fairly low priced and having them is so much better. After all, the plastic bags are actually a waste and unhealthy for the environment.

oh yes i do have bags under my eyes!

lol but talk about recycling, the country where i live s*cks when it comes to recycling, people here do not know how to do that much worse when it comes to grocery bags..people here still use plastic bags!!!

I think this s great idea. I have been using reusable grocery bags for a while now. They are environemntal friendly and easier to carry and you can fit more in them.