My answer to Oregon's plastic bag ban.

Up here in the province of Ontario in Canada we have been doing the pay for plastic bags for at least 5 years now.
Government mandated and proceeds go to some kind of environmental thing.
I look at it that the businesses lose customer service by charging for bags.

However, now I see more often people juggling their items as they leave a store. So I guess its slowing the bag usage down. Sometimes people do get bags for one or two items that they could juggle.

The reusable bags have become very popular with some people. They even have insulated bags for meats etc.
Others use heavy plastic green boxes.

I myself am a juggler. I usually leave all items loose in the cart after purchase and then juggle from vehicle to house.

Some stores used to provide cardboard boxes that the products are shipped in but that has dried up alot too.

Now government has stepped in and are now mandating paper bags made from recycled materials to replace the plastic bags. At one time they were outlawed.