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The downtown Bloomingfoods (our local food co-op) took the choice away from us a while back, offering only paper -- or sometimes plastics that someone's donated for re-use. I'm not sure why this branch only; the other two still have plastic, pretty nice ones too (big and strong-seeming.) At least twice I've had the handle on the paper ones rip off just as I got home. Besides the threat that it could have ripped earlier, leaving me in a pickle, it also means I can't re-use the damn things.
Not, admittedly, that I'd really re-use it for much anyway... plastic bags turn into garbage bags (haven't bought any in nearly a decade) water-resistant wraps for electronics and papers when it's raining and I'm not confident of my backpack's waterproofness, and dirty-laundry storage when I travel. Paper mostly gets thrown out. BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT FAILS AT BEING A BAG.
And god forbid I should ever go shopping in the rain. I walk, paper'd be useless.
In California I got paper a lot more by choice... but then, my bike there had folding baskets that were just the right size for standard paper bags, so I could fill up two bags at Trader Joe's and trundle back. That bike got abandoned in LA though, and when I bought my current one the store didn't have those baskets, did have smaller fixed size ones, and I just get those... I do miss the folding ones, as I try to stuff a bunch of plastic bags into these.
Unrelatedly, FYI both Livejournal and Dreamwidth support secure logins via HTTPS, but not by default; you have to make sure to get a secure link, or type in 'https://www.livejournal.com/' by hand or bookmark. I don't think the little login button that shows up on top when your cookie expires is secure.
Not, admittedly, that I'd really re-use it for much anyway... plastic bags turn into garbage bags (haven't bought any in nearly a decade) water-resistant wraps for electronics and papers when it's raining and I'm not confident of my backpack's waterproofness, and dirty-laundry storage when I travel. Paper mostly gets thrown out. BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT FAILS AT BEING A BAG.
And god forbid I should ever go shopping in the rain. I walk, paper'd be useless.
In California I got paper a lot more by choice... but then, my bike there had folding baskets that were just the right size for standard paper bags, so I could fill up two bags at Trader Joe's and trundle back. That bike got abandoned in LA though, and when I bought my current one the store didn't have those baskets, did have smaller fixed size ones, and I just get those... I do miss the folding ones, as I try to stuff a bunch of plastic bags into these.
Unrelatedly, FYI both Livejournal and Dreamwidth support secure logins via HTTPS, but not by default; you have to make sure to get a secure link, or type in 'https://www.livejournal.com/' by hand or bookmark. I don't think the little login button that shows up on top when your cookie expires is secure.
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Date: 2010-02-09 04:50 (UTC)From:I actually take my own reusable bags mostly now, but you are right - not as convenient for unexpected stops: I have to remember to put them back to the car when I'm done. The plastic bags though would just breed in the closet and I got tired of feeling guilty about throwing away.