Clearly, consumers are being encouraged to reduce their reliance on plastic shopping bags, but it's going to be a while before they're completely obsolete. In the meantime, perhaps you're stockpiling a huge supply of plastic bags and the clutter is driving you crazy?....

While local Stop & Shops have been accepting plastic bags for recycling for a while, we've always been mystified that our local Whole Foods market didn't accept them. It seems that reality is changing. A recent article in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine reported that all Whole Foods Markets now accept plastic bags for recycling. The article also reported that you can recycle other types of plastic bags (dry cleaning, newspaper, and produce bags) if marked with a "2" or "4".