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I use reusable bags that are made from recycled plastic bottles. I have had most of mine for coming on 5 years and they are in great shape. I even get a nickle back each time I use them at the store. A nickle does not sound like much but that has paid the bags off and then some. I paid about $1 a bag. I have something like 20 bags (several came with the Turkey I bought for Thanksgiving dinner or where given to me at a store for free). The bags have paid for themselves and probably made me about $20 over the course of the year.
My Husband refuses to use the reusable bags. He doesn't carry them in him his car for some reason. I make sure that we recycle the plastic bags he brings home. Any paper bags are used for recycling at home when the recycling can is full and we are too lazy to change the bag. That way they get recycled as well.
More and more jurisdictions in the US are moving to paper/reusable only or you have to pay a bag fee for plastic. They are doing this to decrease the amount of pollution found in streams and along the road. People are initially annoyed but get over it pretty fast.
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