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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey And yet another reason why it is so expensive in Eugene. Adding costs for retailers to force them to provide other options will result in added expense, which is passed along to consumers in their food bill, and unhappy customers. I don't want to pay more for groceries, be forced to purchase reusable bags that get dirty and have to be washed, or not be able to shop when I need to because I forgot my bags. If you really want to address this issue, you can encourage business owners (which is not you, city government) to provide incentives for those that bring their own bags instead of penalizing. Hopefully, plastic bags will still be offered in grocery stores. They're much more convenient to use from store to home, but more recycle options would be fitting. I don't think the city should be getting involved in dictating what type of bag a business can provide. If this passes, I will start shopping in Springfield, where the government doesn't think it needs to be involved in every aspect of your personal life. If these bags need to be kept out of the landfill, then the waste hauler should be the one involved in limiting or providing additional recycle options, not the government. What are visitors supposed to do when they come to our city to shop and they don't have bags? I don't think we need to create more of a "nanny state" here. Government interference in our business is already too great. Next city government will be deciding what size soda we can buy or drink. Plastic bags are a disaster to the environment and need to be eliminated at all stores. Eugene needs to show leadership in this area! Let's get rid of the plastic bags - I use them, but it's my own laziness given how the bags are handed out so routinely. I wouldn't miss plastic bags, and I would feel good that, despite the slight inconvenience, my single-use bags wouldn't be becoming permanent hazards for marine and other life. Using our precious petroleum resources for such single-use products is really a phenomenal waste of resources anyway. single use bags end up as litter in creeks and stuck in trees. They are so cheap that they fail too fast, even before you get the groceries home. I prefer reusable bags and use them whenever I can I think we'll all get used to it- after a lot of initial grumbling, if they are banned. I'd be happy to pay 5 cents per paper bag. Thanks for doing this! -Carole. In Germany many different stores, organizations etc hand out cloth bags with their logos. Makes for free advertisement while being kind to the environment. Good work. We try to always remember our own bags, but we slip sometimes. We're not older than dirt, but we're close: 75 and 76. Please ban the use of lightweight plastic bags. I support the ban as it would force me to behave responsibly by using my cloth bags. Too bad it takes a law, but I am older and set in my ways. I'd love to see both cities work together to ban the use of plastic bags. I would not be opposed in any way to seeing them gone. I am absolutely supportive of banning the use of these bags. I like retailers offering the plastic bags. I hope it continues to be an offering here in Eugene. We have allowed ourselves to become so conveience minded that we are complacent about the effects on nature from waste of all kinds. We need to respect our "Mother Nature" and not abuse. High quality reusable bags are a good start. I use plastic bags to toss my trash but can find other alternatives. I am in favor of the City proposal banning single-use plastic bans.