Some stores here offer plastic bags, some don't. I always reuse them for trash can liners. If every store offered plastic bags, though, I would have too much :)

I think that other materials should be used instead or plastic should be re-used/ recycled more and more effectively. Plastics are big parts or trash dumps and it doesn't seem like many people recycle plastics. I think "one-use" things like plastic water bottles and plastic bags should not be made and distributed but, things that can be used many times like the thick water bottles that can be washed, trash bins, containers, etc. should be made.