When you go grocery shopping, do you use paper or plastic bags?

[Archae]

I get the plastic ones, since I use them for when I clean out my catbox.

[Phoenix61]

1. I do reusable and my next door neighbor gives me her

plastic ones for the liter box.

[Archae]

2. That's good to hear.

At least your neighbor has a use for the plastic ones.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. Both reusable and plastic.....

Plastic is saved and reused.

[spooky3]

4. So do I. Nt

[Earth-shine]

5. At Aldi and Costco, they offer cardboard cartons.

I reuse the plastic bags from other supermarkets as trash bags.

[TexasTowelie]

6. Neither.

I have a heavy-duty canvas-like bag for regular groceries and an insulated bag for cold goods. I might get one small plastic bag if I buy anything where the containers might come open.

There are quite a few obstacles to carrying groceries while in a wheelchair. If I hang bags from the back of the chair, then I have to lift the arms up so that the plastic side-guard prevents the bags from getting caught up in the wheels. If too much is loaded it causes the center of gravity to move from beneath my butt to behind my butt--I got a nice conk on the skull when I learned that lesson.

[RockRaven]

7. Nowadays, neither.

We've been using reusable grocery bags for a decade plus, it's hard to remember exactly. Our local grocer (not a chain) was an early adopter of that trend and started selling reusable bags with their logo on them. They're large capacity, strong, durable, and easy to wash if necessary.

We've been cat-less for a few years since our last one passed away so any plastic bag which comes into our possession now is really a waste (since plastic recycling is basically a lie).

[Sibelius Fan]

8. Paper bags take up a lot more room in a landfill than do plastic.

I use reusable bags when grocery shopping.

[Brother Buzz]

9. We use cardboard boxes

They are getting a little long in the tooth so I'm keeping an eye out for a couple of nifty new ones.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. In NJ, both plastic and paper bags are not used in grocery stores.

You have to buy the big plastic carry-bags and bring them into the store.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Grocery stores here in New York have had reusable bags since they eliminated plastic ones in 2020

So that's what I use, keep them in my car and use them in any store where I need a bag.

[MontanaMama]

12. Reusable bags since 2013.

I have a tote that sits in my car and all my bags are lined up in that…different sizes and weight capabilities and a couple bags for wine bottles or olive oil bottles that keep them upright.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. I take my own reusable bags.

[mia]

14. Paper or my cloth bags.

I use the paper ones at home to collect glass, plastic, and papers that eventually go into the outdoor recycling bin.

[Fla Dem]

16. Reusable and washable cloth. No plastic.

Occasionally I'll forget to take them in the store with me. So then I recycle any plastic ones I do get.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. No Option Here

Both supermarkets in town.
They used to ask "paper or plastic?" Not for several years now.
I just don't put bigger items in bags. 3# coffee cans, large cans of tomatoes, 5# bag of rice, etc.
I just put them back in the cart as is.
I do use the bags that I do get for picking up dog poop.

[Archae]

18. The larger things I know what you mean.

I buy those big jugs of cat litter, they go back in the cart as is.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Forgot A Couple Regular Items

I'm addicted to Clamato. I go through a couple half-gallon bottles, every 10 days. And, right across the aisle at our bigger supermarket is the coffee creamer my wife uses. Also, half gallon.
I don't bag those, especially since if I don't say something, they double bag them.
I go from 4 bags to none.

[Midnight Writer]

20. Plastic, but I save them and return them to the recycling bin at the local Walmart.

[RobinA]

21. Reusable

if I'm grocery shopping. Plastic if I'm just running in. I need plastic for the litter box.

[Niagara]

22. In NY, there was a plastic bag ban in 2020.

I have been to a few stores and restaurants that still provide them. I've always used the plastic bags to clean the litter boxes too.


I once got a plastic bag that got stuck and melted on my muffler on a previous vehicle. My vehicle must have picked it up on a windy day and got stuck. Even after I took it to a shop to be removed, the smell of burning plastic in that vehicle never went away. After that awful and smelly incident, I don't care if plastic bags are banned.



We have reusable shopping bags that we carry in our vehicles and we have an arsenal of paper bags that I use to get for free that I keep in my vehicle.