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Many stores are starting to charge for bags, which is good.
Even though shoppers get furious at paying $.05 after spending $150-200 on groceries, it's a small reminder to bring bags with you.
In Japan, the housewives carefully fold the plastic bags into small triangles with care and attention or bring cloth ones.
The Krogers here has a bin for used bags, and the Lowes has a bin for used batteries.
This convienience means that the recycle program will actually get utilized.
One problem is there aren't decent ergonomic shoping bags sold. All the ones I've seen for sale have lightweight bottoms and short straps which cut into the fingers and pull the shoulder out of whack. A good shopping bag would be made of burlap/hemp/nylon with a reinforced web and a long padded shoulder strap.
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