Paper or Plastic?

[jpmittins]

When you go to the supermarket, do you use paper or plastic bags to carry your stuff out? My family uses paper bags wrapped with plastic bags to carry the bags, though they keep the bags to reuse them for the supermarket and that's what we put our paper recycling in for the weekly collection.

P.S. Been awhile since I've done one of these, but ten awesome points for the first person to guess where this quote is from and who said it:

"Ugh. And I thought they smelled bad on the outside."

[Samarium]

Plastic bag.

Han Solo - The Empire Strikes Back. :p

[dmr727]

Plastic. I'm not sure you can even get paper around here anymore.

[PlaceofDis]

i've been bringing my own bag most of the time now. plan to keep it that way.

[raggedjimmi]

Reusable carrier bag. Been using them for years before the anti-carrier bag hype smashed into the UK.

[jpmittins]

Plastic bag.

Han Solo - The Empire Strikes Back. :p

Ten awesome points for you, sir. And just 51 post more until you can get an avatar (sorry to be creeping, I was looking at your profile to see what gender you are. I couldn't find it, so I just guessed).

[Tilpots]

We use reusable bags. You can fit a lot more in them so it's easier to get the groceries in the house. And we're saving the world.:p

[jpmittins]

We use reusable bags. You can fit a lot more in them so it's easier to get the groceries in the house. And we're saving the world.:p

Good on you! I don't even know what happened to all of my tote bags, I guess I'll just have to go and pledge 20 bucks to PBS to get some more...

[Samarium]

Ten awesome points for you, sir. And just 51 post more until you can get an avatar (sorry to be creeping, I was looking at your profile to see what gender you are. I couldn't find it, so I just guessed).

Thanks! :p I'll update my profile(male)! I'm really excited because of my future avatar too. Do you know where to get nice ones? Sorry for misleading the thread a bit. :o

[jpmittins]

Thanks! :p I'll update my profile(male)! I'm really excited because of my future avatar too. Do you know where to get nice ones? Sorry for misleading the thread a bit. :o

Well, my avatar is just the cover of a Prometheus album I found on Twisted.com. I just downloaded the file and uploaded it. Of course, a lot of people who want personal avatars just make them in Photoshop.

[deriko100]

Paper be easy on the environment or itll be hard on you.

[rdowns]

I bought 2 tote bags when I went shopping yesterday. Figured it was time to do a little more for the environment.

[Ntombi]

I use the great recyclable tote bags from Costco. Every time I bring them into the grocery store, I get compliments and comments about what great bags they are. And I agree. :D

They are huge! I can get a whole basket's worth into three Costco bags. And they have handles and shoulder straps.

[jpmittins]

I use the great recyclable tote bags from Costco. Every time I bring them into the grocery store, I get compliments and comments about what great bags they are. And I agree. :D

They are huge! I can get a whole basket's worth into three Costco bags. And they have handles and shoulder straps.

Those sound nice. Shame my family shops at Acme. Can you get them around Philly?

[montanachad]

Those damn plastic bags, which are bad for the environment, are being phased out in the Seattle area starting in Feb. 2009. I use an empty backpack, hemp tote bags, and for produce bags made out of corn (not chemicals).

[ravenvii]

I use a tote bag. I live in a city, so it's easier to have one bag that can carry all of my groceries instead of two or even three. They're bigger, can hold much much much more, and are reusable.

Plus the saving the world thing! :D

[ErikCLDR]

Usually a combination of paper and plastic. I reuse the plastic ones though,

[iParis]

PLASTIC.
I hate the feel of pager bags.
And the handle breaks too easily.
Sure the same thing happens to plastic bags but you can always double bag.
It would be really stupid if you double bagged paper. >.<

[Melrose]

I use plastic, mostly. I've got a couple fabric bags I reuse, but mostly plastic.

Ime paper bags rip waaaay too easy and I'd much rather recycle the few plastics I use each week than be picking my stuff up off the parking lot. But I do recycle them.

[jackiecanev2]

I have recyclable bags; every now and then I get plastic to reuse as doggie-poo bags. :eek:

[northy124]

I use whatever bag they have at the store after I finished with them in the bin they go:D

[deriko100]

EVIL, Use paper or do you want to iapocalypse to come sooner?

[SactoGuy18]

Given that I've been to a few COMDEX shows in the 1990's, I use the free tote bags the computer companies gave out back then for my grocery shopping. :)

[wordmunger]

I use the tote bags they sell at the store for 99 cents.

They also started giving away "six-pack" versions of the same bag for wine bottles. I used those for a while, then realized I prefer using the old cardboard wine boxes for carrying my wine. The wine bags flop all around and it's a pain getting the bottles in and out. Since you're using the same wine box they shipped the wine to the store in, it's not like there's any better impact on the environment using the wine bags.

[northy124]

EVIL, Use paper or do you want to iapocalypse to come sooner?

Soooooonnneeerrrrr

[I'm 5 ft 8]

None of the above. I use bins that I bought at the store. They are a larger version of the tote bag. Works great.

[iJohnHenry]

Tote bags (2).

I keep them folded, under the seat of my car.

Have had them for years.

One is an olde IBM bag (from an AS400 work-shop), the other I can't remember right now.

[Prof.]

We use paper/tote bags.
...ten awesome points for the first person to guess where this quote is from and who said it
Do we get to turn these points in for an XBox, Wii or anything like that? :p

[northy124]

"Ugh. And I thought they smelled bad on the outside."
Han Solo ~ Star Wars (1977)

[iShater]

We primarily use a tote bag. My favorite one is from HEB in San Antonio, a HUGE and very sturdy bag.

But, we also get paper and plastic when we either forget the tote or need them for other items.

Paper gets used as a recycling bin in our house, and gets replaced when it "wears out".

Plastic gets used for cleaning the kitty litter box and lining up trash bins around the house.

[jpmittins]

We use paper/tote bags.

Do we get to turn these points in for an XBox, Wii or anything like that? :p

Phh. No, if I had that kind of money, I'd have one of those things for myself.

Han Solo ~ Star Wars (1977)

Sorry, Samarium already got it as the first reply. Better luck next time. Besides, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you already got some awesome points from me. Not that you can't win more than once.

[sangosimo]

I get plastic but I always save the bags.

[Leareth]

Tote bags, Back pack or the new EPI plastic bags
most of the stores around me use the EPI plastic bags
and yes they do degrade rather fast in the compost

[northy124]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you already got some awesome points from me. Not that you can't win more than once.
I have I have I just want more LoL

[it5five]

Tote bags.

They are larger, easier to carry, and sturdier. I can sling them over my shoulders and be done with it all. Plus I get 5 cents off my total for each bag I bring in. They have paid for themselves by this point.

[Ntombi]

Those sound nice. Shame my family shops at Acme. Can you get them around Philly?
Anyone who has a Costco membership can get them for you. I highly recommend them; I've ended up giving them as gifts, because people who have seen them rave about them so often. They are so much larger and more convenient than the others I've seen around, and they fold nice and flat to keep in my trunk when not in use. :)

Here's what they look like, so you can see the size.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2570805387_27b894484a.jpg?v=0 http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/4/0/9/8/ar120179278389045.jpg

[jpmittins]

Anyone who has a Costco membership can get them for you. I highly recommend them; I've ended up giving them as gifts, because people who have seen them rave about them so often. They are so much larger and more convenient than the others I've seen around, and they fold nice and flat to keep in my trunk when not in use. :)

Here's what they look like, so you can see the size.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2570805387_27b894484a.jpg?v=0 http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/4/0/9/8/ar120179278389045.jpg

Hmm. Thanks for that; I'll try to look into that.

[LumbermanSVO]

When I still lived in stationary home I got paper bags. I started this when I was a timber worker (where my screen name comes from)

Now I get plastic because they are generally smaller and easily hang off the adjustment knobs of the seats in my truck. One trip to the store when I'm home and I have trash bags for my whole trip for free. Though that free part will soon change when I'm in Seattle.

[soberbrain]

I tend to carry (or try to) all my groceries at once, so I don't have to go back to the car. The tote bags are great since they carry more items per bag and are easier to carry, especially multiple bags at once.

[MacNut]

Paper bag with handles.;)

[iBlue]

Re-usable tote bags. It's just the thing to do now, innit? ;)