We bought a pack of 10 good quality, nice size bags before the ban not considering that we do a mix of delivery, pick up and in store shopping. Now we are swamped with the ones that Stop & Shop packs our groceries in which, I might add, they charge for per delivery.

The wastage when they pack for you is astounding. A whole bag for a tube of toothpaste or a bag of chips. In the beginning I asked if they would be recycling these bags and was told they could take them back for me but there would be no credit for them. Now they won't even take them back.

I started taking them to work to hand out or leaving them in our mailroom but I think everyone is in the same situation now so they just go into the trash which seems so wasteful. I keep a handful which get used for various tasks but I wish delivery and pickup would move to paper bags instead.