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Do you do paper or plastic at the grocery store. Or, do you carry your own bags? I generally use paper bags as I put all my recycling stuff in the paper bags. I get some plastic ones and use them as garbage bags. I don't buy the big ones. This way, I am recycling both the paper and plastic.
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i typically use plastic since that's what most stores use.
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I use the plastic bags at the grocery store. I reuse them whenever I go to a store in my area that requires you to bring your own bags. I also use them for all the small trash cans in the house.
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I use, reuse, and recycle both paper and plastic bags. :)
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i work at a geocery store and this guy always came in and wanted paper bags, but wanted paper bags inside the plastic bags. his reason was to give the paper bag handles. it was very annoying to bag for him and i wanted to punch up in the face :BangHead: :thumbsup:
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I use both and I recycle both. (I use the plastic bags for garbage as well.)
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i use plastic coz i bag up my recyclables and put them out to the curb.
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There is a Walgreens next to my college so when I walk in, I have my backpack with me. I use that to carry the stuff I buy, but will sometimes take plastic bags which I later use at my home for trash.
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I like paper best you can use them in so meny way when u get home .Like putting your papers in it for rescinding them.
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I generally like to use paper bags, but another store I shop only uses plastic bags
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I try to reuse as much as possible, but sometimes I forget!
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Plastic, then use as garbage bags, extra bags recycle. Neat we just got recycling trash cans from the city.
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The grocery store that I go to has recycled/recyclable plastic bags that I reuse for the kid's lunches and picking up after my dogs. I would use a cloth bag except for my dog's poop-pick-up needs and I have yet to not use a plastic recyclable bag more than once. I also recycle aluminum cans, not afraid to pick them up while I am walking and make an extra couple of hundred dollars per year.
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Plastic
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We use the re-usable bags. We :heart: them. They hold so much more than a regular paper or plastic bag, which also means less trips to and from the car. They're also so much easier to carry.
They usually cost a buck to buy at the store and pay for themselves after using them 20 times. After that, you actually profit from using the bag. At least around here, Kroger and Target take $0.05 off your receipt for EACH bag used when checking out.
You just need to make sure to throw them in the washer periodically on the gentle/handwash cycle to keep them clean.
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I purchase the bag at the store and when I remember them, that's what I use and I give them away to others too... I do my best to avoid plastic but you can't sometimes. :female:
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I use plastic bags cause i dont like paper and i use the plastic bags for garbage in the bathroom and when i take the recycables out to the end of the driveway :heart:
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I use plastic because I use the bags as trash bags for my smaller garbage cans in the house. However, if anyone knows of other ways to recycle or save in having to use those bags, please let me know. Thanks.
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NEITHER! Cloth:) I make mine out of old t shirts. And yes! Usually you get a discount for using them at a lot of different places! I love them! :heart:
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Recycled Materials???
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Whichever is fine with me. The supermarket I go to often use plastic bags. If only I knew where to recycle paper and plastic bags, I would use and recycle them. Like yourself, I usually use plastic bags for garbage and reuse paper bags for other things.
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Plastic they are easier to carry
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I use both. I like my cold and frozen items in the plastic and my dry and canned goods in paper. I also recycle. The paper bags come in handy for magazines and newspapers and plastic bags make great small garbage liners. :wave:
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Paper Whenever and wherever possible.
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plastic bags b/c paper ones don't have handles
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I know paper is better for the environment, but I go plastic bc I need handles, reuse them for cat litter waste, etc.
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I get paper only to use to put sacked potatos in, so they will stay good, and then plastic because I reuse these bags for many things, mostly garbage bags, or for holding thems in the closet, ect.
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I choose plastic if I forget my cloth bags.
I use the plastic bags for my own garbage can liners and I take extra plastic bags to my job. We use them there as garbage can liners too.
I am trying to remember my own cloth bags every time I go grocery shopping. Our local store even gives a $.05 rebate for each cloth bag used!
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plastic and i reuse them at home
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plastic bags
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My grocery store actually has a bin for used plastic bags. I have no idea where they go. My newspapers are almost always in small plastic bags. They are ideal if you have a dog and have to pick up after them. I don't have a dog, but one of my paper delivery persons asks for the bags back and he reuses them. I get papers from two different cities and will often find both of my papers in the bags for the same city. It saves the paper delivery person a few dollars.
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I take my own bag, but when its not enough, i take plastic and use those as garbage bags. Paper's just too hard to carry (in my opinion at least)
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i like using my own bags but i also like paper
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i use cloth bags.... they dont hurt my hands to lug the stuff in and I just toss em in the wash when they need it ... I have blue ones for meats and they get washed everytime they are used and green ones for veggies and they also get washed after use
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plastic or paper either way it should be recycled
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I use plastic, but we also reuse them as trash bags.
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Definitely, plastic...paper is wasted everyday. Save those trees
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Do you do paper or plastic at the grocery store. Or, do you carry your own bags? I generally use paper bags as I put all my recycling stuff in the paper bags. I get some plastic ones and use them as garbage bags. I don't buy the big ones. This way, I am recycling both the paper and plastic.
I try to use the re-usable bags but I forget ALL the time. Otherwise, I use plastic. They double as trash bags later.
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i like to use plastic
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I love paper bags. They seem less harmful for wildlife.
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Paper of course cause when your done with it can use it for so many things, poopin scoopin or kids luches ect.....
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Would love to use paper ... but have to implement it as many stores use plastic.
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I use plastic because my store only has it. But I recycle what I use.