I'm fairly certain my Kroger has a depository for plastic bags. They still have paper bags but you have to ask for them. We keep our reusable bags in the car. The are handy to use and use again.
I have two plastic benches / storage bins on my patio that are made from recycled plastic. They aren't the most comfortable seating but they suffice. The storage they provide is an excellent addition to the patio and the benches aren't bad looking. I like the idea that the plastic was a recycle product.
As a school project when my wife was teaching middle school, the kids all saved their plastic and brought it to school. The plastic was turned into a picknick table that still sits in the courtyard of the school. I'd like to think that it really was the kids' recycled plastic that was converted and might be. If nothing else, it taught the kids something about recycling and how wasteful and pollutant a society we are.