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Where I live (Montréal, Canada) plastic bags are banned everywhere. You either bring your own or buy a reusable at the cash. Some places (like grocery stores) also sell paper bags. You get used to it. If you have a car you leave a bunch of reusables in the trunk, if you don't you just have to remember to bring one with you. The also sell some super thin ones you can carry in your pockets that are sturdy and large enough for a small run at the grocery store.
It's not that I care what they're made of. Here they're required to charge 10¢/bag. I would happily take a paper bag. The thing I don't like is being treated like an extremely petty criminal.
As an aide though, everything I've read supports the conclusion that the bag bans only lead to more waste. IIRC, a generous estimate would mean you need to reuse a bag at least 20x in order to break even on resource usage... Which basically never happens. It's an excellent example of a feel good solution that sounds good until you run the numbers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That said, I'd be perfectly happy to see us eliminate almost all uses of disposable plastics.
I like the aldi model with no bags—when you forget a bag you look for an empty box. Not ideal for people who walked though.
last time we hit aldi, no bags or boxes. we just threw all the stuff into the trunk and dealt with it at home.