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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey Getting in the habit of using reusable bags is fairly easy and the bags are sturdier and carry more items. I heard people make the excuse that they like have some plastic bags to line trash cans with, however and alternative to this would be to use NO plastic bag and combine trash with other waste later. Thanks! The negative environmental impact of plastic bags is awful. It's easy to get in the habit of bringing your own reusable bags. RIDICULOUS idea to ban plastic bags! i see people using far fewer plastic bags at the store. if people have 2or3 items they don't even bother w/a bag, or bring their own. THEY CAN BE REUSED BY CONSUMER. i'm sure there are far fewer being thrown away or recycled now than there were 5 years ago b4 the cloth 'craze' started 'here'. some items NEED a plastic bag due to their inherent messiness. banning the bag is just another way for a few politicians w/their own agenda to gain attention to a problem that IS being solved by the consumer. give people 5cents back for every bag they bring to the store -- charge people 5cents for every plastic bag they need to walk out with -- EASY, SANE SOLUTION. let's get the law passed to bag single use plastic bags in Eugene! If you ban plastic bags, I will have to go out and buy plastic bags to deal with household waste. Many other people will do the same thing, and you'll see the same amount of plastic bags in landfills. Please, make them easier to recycle, PLEASE DON'T BAN THEM!! Reusable bags are not safe for food products and are difficult to launder and I do not use hot water in my washing machine. Plastic bags are horrible. They really need to be done away with. People need to learn to use cloth or some kind of permanent bags.We are such a throw away society. They should be banned. i don't like the idea of being forced to be 'earth friendly'. it's my American right to use a plastic bag if i want to without a penalty. I will start shopping in Springfield if you ban plastic bags. People bringing their own bags is unsanitary and I don't want to be around them. Paper bags fall apart and cause messes. Keep the plastic bag. I believe a legal ban is an expensive and unneeded waste. If you choose to not use plastic bags, retailers already provide paper bags. Or you can use your own bags. Most of the time I select to use paper bags but do regularly use plastic bags for cold items (frozen) or meat. I find they perform much better than plastic or any food item that may condense or leak. Completely restricting the use of plastic bags would force me to resort to using the less effective paper bags for all items. Further I reuse the plastic bags at least once and then usually use them as trash bags. If you really want to propose useful regulation, force retailers to have both paper and plastic bags readily available. I often find that retailers do not have paper bags stocked at all checkouts. RECYCLED paper bags are just as good! If Portland and Corvallis can ban the use of plastic bags why can't Eugene? The stores all have paper bags to use and these can be recycled curbside. Plastic bags are a bane to the environment and our society in general. Please do not ban the bags. My lifestyle is actually dependent on them. I have special trash cans to use them. I like the handles. The plastic bags available for purchase are different. They don't fall apart in the rain. I also get paper bags from time to time which I also reuse. I prefer the status quo, but if you must do something, please consider a charge (nickle to dime) to be collected by grocers to fund clean up or recycling programs. Or maybe there are biodegradable plastic bags that could be required.