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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey I re-use and wash pastil bags but would be happy to not use them at all and bring my own bags to shop. the reusable ones are inexpensive and accessible at most businesses. There could be more inexpensive bags made available at a greater range of stores besides grocery stores. This is a stupid idea--and probably won't stop with groacery bags. Next will be trash bags, dry cleaner bags, clothes bags, and anything that comes in plastic. So get off this, and do something better with your time and our money. If we did not get plastic bags at the gracery, we would just have to buy them to put garbage in. I think local govt. should STAY OUT of my PRIVATE LIFE. Recycling is important for everything possible and I understand the necessity of it. But rather than put a ban on the plastic bags perhaps charge a few cents for anyone who wants them. I'm thinking about people who work in that industry and need their jobs. Environmental sustainability is important, but people are more important. There is really no use for single-use plastic bags...people will get educated real quickly when they aren't there. They should be banned. Don't waste more of the city money on this issue. Encourage choice and educate people. Do not ban them. Since you are talking about banning items what about banning smoking? Ban items that have too much fat or too many carbs. Ban cars that get less tan 30 MPG or should that be 50 MPG? we shouldn't ban plastic bags if it's going to cause grocery stores to increase prices. Food is already too much of a cost burden to our many low income families I would love if plastic shopping bags were banned. I'm in favor of this proposal. Most people I know have become used to the idea of re-usable bags.I don't feel the cost of a small change in people's habits are nearly as much as the seen and unseen benefits this can bring to our community. Councilors, please stand up and take a stance for the betterment of our community:)!! J and C Alcorn, River Road Before getting in line at the grocery store I look to see what type of bag the people ahead are using and on more then one occassion I have changed lines due to the filthy reusable bags people bring to the store. If the city decides to ban plastic bags how about supplying a FREE place for people to wash their bags or have a city employee stationed in the entryway of every grocery store and check for bacteria. If plastic bags were banned in Eugene I would do my grocery shopping in Springfield. I also think the plastic bags are more useful to homeless people when it rains. Ban plastic bags, please. I fully support the movement of banning plastic bags. Please let me know what else I can do to help in this cause! We shop in Eugene three to four times per month. We would prefer if stores only provided only paper bags which are easily recyclable and made from renewable resources. Plastic bags have become a blight in neighborhoods around stores, and along roadsides. I really like the plastic bags. If they go away I'll just end up having to buy more trash bags which will still end up in the landfills. If I'm forced to give these up could you at least make the law state that if I bring one(1) reusable bag to the grocery store with me I don't have to pay for the additional paper bags? Thanks. Shoplifters would love to bring non see through bags into stores. Health standards should matter too. People will bring there nasty bacteria infested bags into (sanitary) stores. I will shop elsewhere, if this happens. I believe the city counsel has bigger fish to fry than what to do with single use plastic bags.