Where we live they don’t give free bags at CVS or other stores. I think restaurants may have an exception for take out, but those bags often get sauce spilled a

Where we live they don’t give free bags at CVS or other stores. I think restaurants may have an exception for take out, but those bags often get sauce spilled all over the inside, making them unsuitable for saving or reuse (except immediately, as a trash bag). > Where I live (Silicon Valley), paper and plastic bags were both subject to the same treatment. In Menlo Park you can buy bags when you shop for $.25 each. The plastic bags at Safeway are much thicker (i.e., use more plastic, and are hypothetically reusable more times) than before. The paper bags are the same as before, but now you pay for them (the revenue goes to the store).