[jmcnulty]

"cotton bags should be used 131 times"

And? Most of the reusable bags in my house are 3-5 years old. We even have a couple that we brought with us when we moved home 11 years ago. Using them hundreds of times is the whole point.

[beej71]

Same. Our cotton bags are probably in the 200s to 1000+s now depending on the bag.

The author's not wrong that it takes more effort to remember the bags, but after a few false starts, it becomes habit.