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I live in a US state that's banned plastic bags. It is always funny seeing people from other states being shocked that there isn't any plastic.

I made grabbing the bags part of my routine. I can remember anything when it is part of my routine.

You want forgetful? My gf and I keep a whole bag of bags in the trunk of our car. Every single time we go shopping, we forget to grab them, buy one in the store, and then add it to the bags in the trunk. It's a viscous cycle.

I don't understand how you people can go outside without a bag, let alone an extra bag inside it. How can you just go places with no inventory slots???

Me putting 6 (3 more than I'm sure I'll need) in my backpack (which is storage overkill now) and then since I'm like a primitive creature or something where if I don't see it it doesn't exist, I forget that I have the bags after checking out.

Where I live Aldi is the only store that actually has any workflow that makes sense for reusable bags. All of my reusable bags have been repurposed for storing contents of "ADHD doom boxes" so I now just have multiple bags of Aldi paper bags which float between my car, my office and the reusable bag storing spot at home, and I'll either buy a couple more bags when I forget or just keep reusing them until they're entirely worn out and get tossed into the recycling bin. I think I may have accidentally stumbled upon the best possible solution for my situation because I end up reusing single-use paper bags dozens of times before they get recycled (and because they're paper they'll actually break down within my lifetime unlike the single-use plastic bags that hold less)

I don't use any bags anymore if i can help it. I just load them into my trunk and use a little crate with wheels and a handle on it to bring groceries inside. The crate never leaves my home, so I can't forget it.

The spice must flow...

On reusable bags

I’ve never really had that problem, because I almost always carry a large-ish backpack with a cotton bag folded inside, but it would be neat if stores had a box near the checkout where you could leave your extra bags for other clients to use for free.

One of the libraries I go to does something like that, they keep some bags near the front desk and give them to users who need something to carry their books. I’ve given them two bags I had no use for. And I know a bulk food store where you can leave empty containers for other clients to use.

**The occasional plastic carrier bag is fine **

A single-use plastic bag: the sin of any environmentalist. Many of us know the agonising pain of turning up at the supermarket, then realising you’ve left your reusable shopping bags at home. The next 10 minutes is a comedy show, seeing how many items you can stuff into your pockets, clutch in your arms, and even grip between your teeth. You will not let the team down by asking for a plastic bag. I do the same. Even though I know better: the data shows us that the occasional plastic carrier bag is not that big a deal. In fact, in many ways, a single-use plastic bag is better than some alternatives. At least when it comes to the carbon footprint, it’s much lower than the rest. You’d need to use a paper bag several times, and a cotton one tens to hundreds of times to ‘break even’ with the plastic carrier.35, 36 This is also true for other environmental impacts such as water use, acidification, and the pollution of water with nutrients such as nitrogen. This doesn’t mean you should switch back to using single-use carrier bags: it just means you should make sure you’re reusing the other types of bags a lot. If you’re buying a new organic tote bag every second visit, you’re really making things worse. And as seen in previous chapters, you should be focusing much more on what you put in the bag than the bag itself. It will have a much bigger environmental impact. The problem with plastic bags, then, is that they can pollute our waterways. But, like any other form of waste, only if we don’t manage it properly. In rich countries, unless you’re littering near a river or coastline, they’re probably not going to end up in the ocean. Even sending it to landfill is not a big deal. This is a problem in low- to middle-income countries where the use of plastic bags is on the rise but the infrastructure to deal with the waste is not. That’s where tight rules on single-use plastic bags, and the availability of alternatives, really make a difference. So, be conscious of how much you’re using. Take a rucksack or a sturdy bag and reuse it again and again. But you don’t need to stress out if you reach the supermarket till and realise you’ve left it at home.

"Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet" by Hannah Ritchie

If you’re driving, just load it into your cart, then load it into your car, then load it into your bag, and take it inside. If you’re taking a bike or the bus, I’m sorry about your 37 reusable bags.

In England we call them “bags for life” which I imagine is because they will just stay around forever and multiply because you keep forgetting them.

I just use an old cardboard box.

I'm still hacked off that the bag fee was created only as a punishment for single use plastic bags, then once plastic bags were phased out the cunts kept it in and raised the cost with different tiers of biodegradable, reusable and woven bags.

you never want to forget those reusable bags

I have a great system where I load up a lot of bags into my car so I basically always have access to reusable bags when I drive to the store. And then I promptly forget the bags in the car when I shop and end up with freaking single use plastic anyways.

Some reusable bags are just clunky. The ideal ones are those you can fold to the point you fit it on your purse or pocket.

I get boxes from work and just keep a couple in the back of my truck, also keeps my groceries from sliding around the bed. Get boxes when you can their great, I'm keeping my eyes out for a roadside milk crate to replace them though.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

Keep the bags, or at least a few, in your car.