In my area, some supermarkets have begun charging for plastic bags and suggesting that consumers purchase more durable reusable bags to "save the planet". A group of stupid bleeding heart college students -- who have no idea how the world really works because they live off their parents and the regime -- even attempted to get the municipal government to ban plastic bags. Fortunately, their Marxist efforts failed as they did not follow the proper legislative procedures -- since, as I mentioned earlier, they have no idea how the world really works. Anyway, it's been quite obvious to me all along that efforts to be "green" such as banning plastic bags are driven by ulterior motives and part of the neo-Bolshevik agenda, but I am now wondering if garbage bag companies have a hand in this as well.

My family hardly ever buys garbage bags, we just reuse grocery bags. It's cheaper, easier, and "better for the environment". Of course, this is bad news for big garbage bag companies. It's understandable that they would want to stop this sort of fee dodging and ensure that the sheeple are sheered fully; perhaps by lobbying against stores giving out plastic grocery bags for free to customers?

Free plastic retail bags. I've been waiting on a thread like this.

They just don't make them like they used to. I live on a 3rd-floor walk-up and have noticed over the past year that retail plastic bags just don't withstand heavy items anymore. They must be double, sometimes triple-bagged to avoid having the contents fall out due to a shoddy seam in the bottom of the bag coming apart.

I think the industry finally got wise to the consumer taking advantage of these reusable freebies, and decided to manufacture them as poorly as possible so that we'll either start bringing in our own bags (which I've resorted to), or pay the garbage bag companies full retail price for a dependable, long-lasting plastic bag.

I always get stared down by grocery store employees when I walk around the store putting items inside my canvas shoulder bag.

They just don't make them like they used to. I live on a 3rd-floor walk-up and have noticed over the past year that retail plastic bags just don't withstand heavy items anymore. They must be double, sometimes triple-bagged to avoid having the contents fall out due to a shoddy seam in the bottom of the bag coming apart.

I actually managed to get some really good plastic bags the other day. I bought 16 cans of non-perishable food to expand my cache for the coming economic collapse and was able to carry them all home in just two plastic bags -- not double bagged.

I always get stared down by grocery store employees when I walk around the store putting items inside my canvas shoulder bag.

Wow, it's the complete opposite here. Stores are always promoting branded reusable bags and people run around with bags that say things like, "this bag is green"

I put plastic bags from grocery stores or other random stores in the small trash cans around my house so it's easier to clean, and use the paper bags from grocery stores as a trash can in the cupboard under my kitchen sink. Works good for me, and is free.

I also have a box of full sized trash bags stowed away somewhere if I ever need them, which is pretty rare unless I'm getting rid of a bunch of shit, or cleaning a ton and don't want to have a ton of small bags.

Like AngryFemme said, I've also noticed they've been getting shittier and shittier lately. Luckily they still work for what I use them for.

At some chains they have boxes for you to turn in bags of bags to get recycled, I recomend taking a few bags of bags when no one is looking and begining to hoard them. I allready have an estimated 2000 plastic bags. And many bag hoarders save bags that are years old so i would be confident in the quality.