>  RH> On the upside, there are zero plastic bags blowing around on 
the
>  RH> streets.
> 
> That's always a good thing. OTOH, you lose your trash can linere. 
We
> used to put recycle paper into one bag, cans, bottles, etc into 
another
> one and just dump those bags into the recycle can. Garbage folks 
got
> pickier a few months ago, now no plastic bags are allowed for the
> recycles, still OK for regular trash. We're taking more bags back 
to
> store recycle now.
> 
We never could put the plastic bags in the recycling; they clog the 
machines. 

>  RH> > paid in places like Whole Foods for bringing in our own 
bags. (G)
> 
>  RH> The Bag Bounty.  Love when that happens.  It's one of the few 
cheap
>  RH> things in a Whole Foods.
> 
> We've found some deals here & there, like their cheese "trimmings" 
box.
> Get to try a bit of a gourmet cheese, see if you like it enough to 
buy a
> bigger hunk of it. WF isn't as competitive as Wegman's but carries 
a
> number of products we can't get elsewhere so .................
> 
I buy the cheese trimmings packs in Big Y too once in a while; 
they're sold for mac and cheese and work nicely.