Plastic Bagged - Part Deux

Salon covers the rather important issue of plastic bags. I have said before that NOT providing plastic bags is not a barrier to profit making, as Costco so elegantly proves. Salon brings up the extremely important notion that every plastic bag you have ever used is still around and probably will be long after you die. I personally dig it when the supermarket kids look at me like I'm some sort of trail blazer when I tell them I don't need a bag.
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Plastic Bagged

I can't figure out why we haven't figured out this plastic bag thing. Costco does not provide any bags at all and they seem to do plenty of business. Aldi's is another small supermarket in my area that does not automatically give you bags and they too don't seem to have any problems selling their wares. People bring their own 'recycled' plastic bags, canvas bags or find a 'second life' for an old cardboard box. Just stop it with the plastic bags and trust that people will figure out how to get their groceries home...really...they will...you'll see.

p.s. I am sick and tired of finding plastic bags flying like flags from the tops of the trees in my yard!