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Age 31
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QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
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17.5 Years
Which type of shopping bags do you get? Do you just take the plastic ones that come with your items, or do you buy an "environmentally friendly" bag, or perhaps even bring your own? For all three options, why do you do so? Do you think the environmentally friendly ones actually are environmentally friendly? Or maybe the shops you visit only offer plastic ones! Do you ask for a plastic bag for small purchases or do you just carry the items?

Nan and Pop have environmentally friendly bags but they sort of forget to bring them and just get the plastic ones anyway. I haven't seen the effects the plastic bags have yet, but that's probably because I don't get out to... dumps often. I believe I heard something about plastic bags no longer being used in a few years and if that does happen, I think that'll be great, but it might be more costly on our part, considering we'll need to purchase new bags.

Sammi

Age 33
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The States
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Posted November 8th, 2021
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18.3 Years
Depends on where I'm shopping, and how I'm getting the stuff home.

If I'm stopping by the local grocery store on my way to work or on my way home, or if I'm picking up something from the mall, I have my backpack with me, so I put everything in there. If I'm going grocery shopping when someone's driving me there and back, I get plastic. I really should get my own bags for that but I haven't gotten around to it yet. XD;

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Signomi

Age 32
Female
Britland (United Kingdom)
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Posted October 10th, 2022
7,480 posts
17.8 Years
My mum bought an environmentally friendly bag to go shopping whenever she's out and about, she's...so much of a shop-a-holic that she has her own environmentally friendly bag for practically every store she goes to.

As for me? I just go for the plastic bags that are there when I pay for my junk, it was never something I put too much thought into.

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Age 33
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Viridian Forest, in a bush.
Seen March 16th, 2013
Posted March 30th, 2012
246 posts
12.8 Years
I have a few of those reusable bags for doing the weekly shop. For trivial things, I just use my backpack.

I'm not one for actively trying to save the world, but I also don't see the point in using something when there's no need. Why use different plastic bags every week (which you throw away), when you can just use the same bags over and over?

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I love the reusable bags and have at least one for each most-visited store. Being eco-friendly is good of course, but I also use them 'cause they're way more comfortable to carry, they hold more, and they don't break. Some, like the ones from Publix grocery stores, even have cool designs :3




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Age 31
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Seen August 21st, 2015
Posted June 28th, 2011
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16.8 Years
Noone in this house owns and environment friendly bag anymore. My little bro got one from school but we have no clue where that went

As for shopping I just take whatever bag is offered to me. I never put much thought into it and I hate shopping so anything to get out faster I assume.
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We just use the plain old plastic bags. And given the number of groceries we get per shopping trip, we'd need to buy at least 20 reusable bags if we did utilize them.

To be fair, we do reuse plastic grocery bags for (small) trash bucket liners, makeshift laundry bags, and for simply carrying stuff around.

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Age 30
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I use plastic bags, because that's the kind of bags I have been using all my life.

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Age 31
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Seen March 13th, 2014
Posted July 2nd, 2012
10,391 posts
17.5 Years
All the grocery stores make you bring your own shopping bag, or you pay £.05 for a plastic one. Most people around here have gotten used to bringing their own bags to the store now, so plastic bag usage has definitely declined. For myself, I have a couple of environmentally friendly bags that I keep with me in the car and whatnot, so I rarely use plastic bags anymore.

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Age 32
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Australia
Seen August 7th, 2012
Posted August 23rd, 2010
1,120 posts
15.7 Years
I don't usually buy many things at once cos I know I'll have to walk home with them. Most of the time I just shove my things inside my bag or carry it if it won't fit, but if another bag is neccessary I use a plastic one o.o

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Age 31
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eastbourne/bristol
Seen October 13th, 2013
Posted March 5th, 2013
3,221 posts
17.8 Years
supermarket plastic bags make me angry. mainly cuz i have to give so many out, seeing people abuse them... grrr.... honest, the world would be (however slightly) a better place if everyone used their own storage. if it is possible i will carry shopping with my hands.
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Age 36
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Paper and plastic are what is mainly used whenever the "big" grocery shopping is done. It means less bags because I can pack more in there, and I find them easier to carry on my arms to make less trips. Besides, paper bags are recycled where I live, and plastic bags I either use for garbage bags or recycle where I work.

I do have a few environmentally-friendly bags, but those are used more for carrying supplies whenever a trip is planned, rather than for weekly trips to the store. And, well, the store I work/shop at really doesn't have the strongest reusable bags around.

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Age 27
Female
Australia
Seen June 28th, 2013
Posted April 15th, 2013
473 posts
13.4 Years
We used to always forget our enviro. bags. Now mum has a tonne in the car. Like HEAPS. And more at home. We also have heaps of plastic bags from when we used to use them, for re-using. I also like reusable bags for putting other things in. Like if I'm staying over at someones house for a night I'll just use one of them.

Plus, I read on an information thing at some wild life place (might have been australia zoo?) that plastic bags take 1000 years to decompose or something like that. Maybe i'm just some crazy 'greeny' but after reading that I don't see why i'd use plastic bags over reusable.

If I'm just buying one or two items I just carry it, or put them in my hand bag if they're small enough
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Posted August 29th, 2010
5,062 posts
19.4 Years
As a cashier in a grocery store for nearly five years now, I see plastic bags get abused all the time. Does one item really need to go into four bags? I mean, really? I have no problem with using plastic bags as long as they get reused or recycled. All the ones I use, I use to carry things around with me or as trash bags in my room.

Recently though, I've started a collection of reusable bags that I do prefer using if I'm going shopping. Or if I'm only getting one or two things, or a bunch of small items, I won't use a bag at all and either carry them or stick them in my purse. Trying to keep my usage of plastic bags to a minimum because I know there are people out there using enough for me times one hundred.

...and off I go to work to watch people waste more bags. Yay~