I hope you're not putting plastic in green bin waste. That sorta defeats the purpose.
That was my initial reaction, too, but at a condo meeting with reps from the City of Toronto when our green bin collection began they actually advised us to do just that. They also recommended using the small clear bags from the produce sections. Apparently they have processes in place to sort the plastic from the organics and it's not a problem.
The thought is that in condos people will be more likely to use the green bin if they can bring their waste down in bags on their way out of the building; otherwise, they'd need to bring their kitchen bin down to the garage level, dump it, bring it back up to their condo, then leave again. Pretty inconvenient if you live on a high floor. People might end up not bothering at all. In a house, however, it's probably just as easy not to use any bags.
so seldom get them in the first place, and just put the food directly in my cart. And when I do, they typically end up with the rotting (liquified) remains in.
You're brave. Better wash those veg
very carefully, especially anything like lettuce you're eating raw. I feel a bit bad about it but I still put veg into those bags unless it's something like bananas or onions where you discard the outer peel anyway. I also often put raw meat into those small bags too, to prevent it from possibily contaminating veg and breads I have in the cart/bag with it. I'm all for reducing plastic bag use (and I have, drastically) but health still comes first.
As for food rotting in the bag, I doubt that would happen before you got home. That's more of a storage issue; many fruits and veg should not be stored in plastic.
YMMV. Some seem to think it has to be a PC grocery bag for them to give you points. Some won't remember to give them to you. I seldom got the points if ever. I don't even bother trying to argue after awhile cuz I would just get the excuse, it's not a PC bag
Seems to defeat the purpose to force people to use bags from a certain store. Reusable bags take energy and resources to manufacture, too. I probably shop regularly at a dozen different stores... am I supposed to buy bags with each of their logos on it? Ridiculous.