Do you have bags?

I like the idea of a credit for the bags. I usually don't bring with bags, unless I know I have to. I bring bags with me if I go to Aldi ( a discount grocery store), they charge 5 cents a bag, or something like that.

I sometimes bring cloth reusable bags with me, but the one reason why I do take paper bags from the grocery store is because I need them for recycling, in Minnesota you have to separate cans, glass, aluminum in paper bags each week. If I don't get bags from the store, how am I going to recycle properly?

Here in india it is now banned not taxed.... On using it ..you may have to pay a heavy fine or go to jail for 6 months and the shopkeeper goes for upto 5 years for keeping them. I think it is pretty outrageous but it is right....

i have backpacks and canvas bags.i hate those flimsy things the stores give you anyway,sometimes they rip before they're out the door.we used to have a choice as far as their bags go,but none of them really use the paper anymore.

my cats loved the paper ones too..i guess they'll just have to make do with the canvas ones.

I always use my reusable bags. When I first started using them I forgot them often so I would make myself buy one. After I got my collection of about 12 I remembered them everytime!

12 sounds like a lot but I have some in my car some in my husbands car and i use one as a beach bag it works wonders and is easy to wash.

I started using them I'd say about 2 years ago so I have about 20 now for various reasons. I found a web site that WAS giving them away and had one sent to all my family. Another site I was on was giving away little ones which are great if I have to pick up a perscription or I give it to my daughter to put stuff in it. I also have a wine one that holds 4 bottles of wine and it has great dividers so the bottles don't hit eachother.

I use my green bags all the time and my blue ones too. The blue ones are for carrying cold and frozen goods. I hate plastic shopping bags...if I do get some I take them back to the store for recycling...I will not use them for rubbish so they end up as landfill. I user proper bags for rubbish, bas that will break down quickly.

It takes time to get into the habit of remembering to take your green bags and then making yourself go back when you leave them in the car, but it eventually becomes the norm.

I think that is a good idea. I just wonder if people are willing to buy the re-useable bags, we have supermarkets here selling them for $3-$4 each. Giving rebates or discounts, for using these bags is also a good idea to encourage shoppers to try to remember bringing their re-useable bags with them. I have a couple of them with me, but I always seem to forget to bring them with me when I go for groceries. Even when I already have them in the trunk of my car! hehe Its one habit that I have to develope