Paper Plastic or Cloth?

I am a cloth bag fanatic. I will buy some almost at every store I shop at. I find them sturdier and much more convenient. Trouble is that each time I shop, lol I forget them at home. So I end up getting more.

I primary use cloth bags. Have for a few years. If I forget my bags, I opt for paper since we will use those instead of trash bags. If I forget a bag and just need 1 or 2 items, I just carry the items out.

I get plastic if I forget my cloth bags. I try to keep some in every car. I have gotten a lot of them for free. I have pegs or hooks by my back door to hang those bags on.

i am guilty of using the plastic bags given by the supermarket everytime my mom and i go for groceries. we never bring paper bags with us (the recyclable ones). well for one we do not have enough bags with us. sometimes our groceries would have 8 plastic bags. what we do is just reuse these bags when necessary.

here where i live we get charged 5 cents per bag that we dont bring outselves. that will sure motivate you to bring your own.

My store offers paper or plastic, and I usually choose the plastic unless I need the brown paper for something..craft for the kids etc. But since I live upstairs and have a knee problem...it is really hard to carry the paper up anyway. But at my grocery, they have the member card thing and I get 5 points (turned into money every quarter) for up to 10 bags I bring back in. So I just keep 10 in my trunk (well, usually about 20..just in case) and then I get the 50 points, plus recycle, plus only require half the bags I need. The stores bags are pretty thin and chincy and tear pretty easy, so what I have done it keep the ones I get from Target as they are pretty strong and I use those instead of the stores. I only get point for 10 but usually keep about 20 in the trunk and take them in the store with me. I use extra ones I get for trash bags instead of buying those.