the city of Seattle has enacted a plastic bag ban. If you want a plastic bag with handles you have to pay 5 cents (or more depending on where you shop) and well that bag is nice and reusable, but so were the regular t-shirt bags which I used for my small trash can under my desk. They were also good for changing the dressing on my foot, after surgery. It seems impossible to find a decent replacement bag, so instead I decided to buy my own bags. These are much like the ones you'd get in regular stores (that are not part of a big chain) so the bags are made well enough and will work great for small garbage cans. Now that I have this I won't have to worry about bags for a long time. I'd highly recommend this to anyone looking to do the same as I have. They would also work for small stores as well.