Well, well, well. What do we have here? Plastic bags. At the Masonic Lucky's supermarket. Destroying the environment. Making Ross Mirkarimi vomit.
Actually, these bags, which have appeared at supermarkets since Halloween, are "reusable bags," ones made from recycled materials. They're all a part of the "Got Your Bags?" campaign.
"We encourage our customers to recycle their single-use plastic bags in our stores and to utilize our reusable bags every time they shop. Our durable reusable bags close the loop: they are manufactured from recycled material that is also easily recycled when the bags are worn out," said Alicia Rockwell, Director of Public Relations with Save Mart Supermarkets, who also use the new black bags. "Our company works hard to educate our customers to Reduce-Reuse-Recycle and the 'Got Your Bags?' campaign is a great extra push to reinforce and remind us all."
Or, you know, you could just use a canvas bag. Or a hemp bag. Or a duffle bag.
Anyway, while the bags all say they are "reusable," which we supposed is true, they're no more reusable than any other plastic bag.