> But all my free grocery bags get reused as garbage bags. There is no ban on the sale of garbage bags. If I were not getting free grocery store bags, I would b

> But all my free grocery bags get reused as garbage bags. There is no ban on the sale of garbage bags. If I were not getting free grocery store bags, I would be buying small garbage bags and going through about the same number of plastic bags. You don't even need grocery store bags to use as garbage bags. I've found that composting and recycling allow me to get away with using the produce plastic bags for my remaining trash. I don't even bag all of my produce, just stuff that could be damaged easily or hard to gather together, like green beans or small peppers.