Plastic bags were outlawed on Kauai years ago. So, I now have almost as many cloth shopping bags as I do cloth masks, haha, and always make sure I have both my bags and masks handy hung on my door, so I don't forget them when I go out, plus I keep extras in my purse and glove box. Anything to avoid having to buy a 25 cent bag at the checkout counter!

It's a habit that takes some getting used to, but in the long run much better for the environment and fewer bags cluttering my home.

I used to use my plastic shopping bags for my daily garbage, but now I've found that I can use many other bags and containers I'm tossing anyway to carry my rubbish over to the dumpster.

Seems like a small thing for one person, but when I think of how many hundreds of plastic bags I used to turn it for recycling, let alone use for garbage, it's a lot that no longer goes into the landfill. We've gotta make room for all the disposable masks and gloves in the landfills now!

@Julie808 A few years ago in Turkey I stopped in a supermarket, and not having many items, I thought that I would carry them out in my arms. But the young lady at the check out spotted this, took them of me, and insisted in packing them into a bag for me. The young lady at the next checkout even came over to help her. (It was a slow day.) Then they gave me big smiles and opened the doors for me.

Silly old foreign man. Obviously does not know how supermarkets work !!!