Plastic Bag Ban?

Starting from next month my local grocery store is going to stop using free plastic bags. As someone who uses these as bin liners / trash bags, that slightly annoys me but I realize that a lot of other places must already have this ban in place.

So for people in similar circumstances, what did you do? Purchase plastic bags or stop using bin liners altogether? Not using liners seems icky to me, but I'd like to hear your experiences if you are willing to share. :)

Folding Plastic Bags

Here's an off-beat post that has nothing to do with gaming! :P

If you're like me and you have a ton of scrunched up plastic bags stowed away somewhere, then this post is for you as you can save a fair bit of space by simply folding them. I'm annoyed I've only started doing it lately as it is really quite effective, more so if you have one of those plastic bag holder/dispenser bags with a tightening cord at the bottom.

Step 1: Lay out your plastic bag neatly (or neatly enough).

 

 

Step 2: Fold in half and half again, then push all the air out.

Step 3: From a bottom corner, start folding little triangles, working your way up.

Step 4: One you reach the top, fold the tips of the handles down and into the triangle.
Or: If your bag doesn't have handles, also fold triangles from the top and tuck them into each other at the end.

Finished!

This will literally take you 5 seconds or less. Hopefully someone out there finds it as useful as I have! :)