I don’t know how things are where you live, but since plastic bags have become a no-no in Canada, most stores don’t provide checkout bags anymore! https://www.canada.ca/en/envir.....n-on-certa. A few stores use paper bags, and larger chains have reusable bags that they will sell you, but no more ‘free’ plastic bags.
30+ years ago, DH and I bought 4 giant canvas totes from LLBean to use as grocery bags. We still have them and use them weekly. With the advance notice of legislative changes, and with concern over pollution and climate issues, I started using reusable bags as much as possible. I have a hodge podge of quilted homemade cloth bags, the heavy duty plastic bags Lululemon has been giving out for years, and similar bags handed out as loot bags at race events.
I’ve divided up the bags between the cars and try to remember to bring one with me when I go into a shop. Grocery shopping is easier, because it’s a big production and a chore DH and I share at a regular weekly time slot. Once all the bags have ended up in the house, I divide them up again, and put them in the cars.
I don’t have a perfect record of remembering a bag. The reusable ones don’t fold down to fit in my purses/cross bodies. Sometimes I leave a shop holding the items I’ve purchased in my hands, or if they are small enough, I pop them in my purse. I make sure to keep the receipt so that I’m not challenged as a shoplifter.
I read about an uptick in the popularity of LePliage totes (copied from an article featured in the January Fashion Round-up Inge put together https://www.theguardian.com/bu.....n-items-of) and I’m wondering if it has to do with the search for a stylish shopping bag? The traditional Lepliage does fold down to a compact package, is light weight, and can hold a lot of stuff! https://www.nssmag.com/en/fash.....-le-pliage
What about you? What is your (shopping) bag solution these days?
