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These would be great for those of us that have to divide our recycling. We could use one for paper, one for glass and one for plastic

I'm not sure that's gonna look so great when it has "FOOD EMPORIUM" or "DUANE REEDE" slapped across the front. Especially when the bags all wrinkled and crinkled.

I have a plain white plastic bin thats make especially to use gracery bags. No esthetic complaint. (Although it's rarely seen, living under the sink.

A totally affordable plain trash can made to hold grocery bags:

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?searchId=8893494&itemIndex=1&CATID=245&PRODID=64996

i recently discovered plastic bags can't be recycled by the city... i don't know why i didn't know before. what a waste...

carly eb--my local Whole Foods takes plastic bags to recycle. All the places I've ever lived unfortunately do not recylcle plastic bags, but your local grocery store might.

I've recently really really tried to stop getting bags. It's hard because I constantly forget to bring a bag with me. However, I realized it makes schlepping groceries easier--I can fit the contents of about 5 plastic bags into one of my canvas ones because half the time, they put one item per bag.

Christine is right! And here's a source for bags that fold up very small so you can always carry one in your purse:

www.reusablebags.com/store/acme-bags-workhorse-style-1501-black-mesh-p-906.html

My co-worker said they look like under wear, so I'm always a bit self-conscious when I pull one out.

My city is considering banning plastic bags. What will I line my bathroom trash baskets with? sigh.

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I love it.

I've blogged about this a couple times. (But this is a new product for me - thanks for the information!)

Binvention serves a similar purpose.

And there are trash cans designed specifically to use those plastic bags as a liner.

I have to second Barbara's suggestion pointing towards reuseablebags.com. I bought 4 reuseable bags and which prevents me from accumulating about 15 bags a week. Now I can try to make a dent in reusing the hundreds of bags I have on hand.

I keep canvas bags in the trunk of the car, so that whenever we're doing enough shopping to drive, I have the bags on hand. When I remember, I grab a bag from the car when I'm shopping on foot, but I don't beat myself up when i forget, because I'm able to reuse the bags really quickly. I also try to think more carefully about whether I really do need a bag when I'm at CVS, for instance.

I prefer the trash cans made to hold a grocery bag, like the one polkadot suggested above, because a simple frame wouldn't catch the drips that come through the not-unfrequent holes. (I try to check the bags before I re-use them, but I occasionally miss a hole).

Also, to those who use grocery bags for recycling: I thought in NYC we were required to use clear bags? I've ended up buying bags for my recycling. How odd is that?