Compactible Reusable Shopping Bag

A compactible reusable shopping bag collapsible to a folded stack from an expanded position, said compactible reusable shopping bag comprising:

• a bottom;
• an open top;
• a plurality of sides perimetrically disposed upon the bottom to surround an interior space, said plurality of sides having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a height, said plurality of sides further comprising:
• a pair of longitudinal sides, each of said pair of longitudinal sides having:
• a first third;
• a central third;
• a final third;
• a first vertical fold disposed between the open top and the bottom between the first and central third;
• a second vertical fold disposed between the central third and the final third;
• a pair of transverse sides, each of said pair of transverse sides having:
• each of a pair of planar reinforcing elements disposed at either side of a vertical fold, said vertical fold disposed bisecting each transverse side from the open top to the bottom;
• a pair of handles disposed upon the pair of longitudinal sides at the open top;
• and
• each of a pair of handle loops disposed upon one of the pair of transverse sides at the open top;
• wherein the compactible reusable shopping bag is foldable to a compact, storable, and portable size by first folding each transverse side in half inwardly towards the interior space such that the inside surface of each transverse side is caused to contact the inside surface of each longitudinal side, and then folding the pair of longitudinal sides at the first vertical fold and then folding the pair of longitudinal sides at the second vertical fold, to present a compact stack.