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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey I really do not want to see a ban on plastic bags. I re-use those bags as my garbage bags at home and so I don't have to buy other plastic bags for my garbage. I also am SO tired of government stepping in and telling me and corporations what we can or can't do in our lives or dictate items we have to use or buy! This is getting old. Why does Eugene have to do a survey? Why can't our city council just make the decision when it is for the good of the environment and the people of the city. Did Portland and Corvallis need surveys too? Thank you for offering Eugene consumers this survey. If a citywide campaign were created that urged consumers to bring their own bags to the store, emphasizing this message on billboards, TV commercials, local internet sites, etc., I feel that we would see a surge in support for a plastic bag ban. It's so easy to bring one's own bag (BYOB); in Europe and other places people have been doing it for decades! Anyway, thank you again for offering this forum for public response. please leave well enough a lone... i do not want to pay more money so the retailers can pretend to charge more for the items because of the bag charge I believe that plastic bags should be banned, except for those used for fresh vegetables and fruits. Plastic bags loaded with groceries can damage your hands. If for no other reason they should be banned because they fly around our lovely deserts and snag on the fences Leave the plastic bags in the stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Protecting the environment is more important than using plastic bags for convenience. If plastic bags were banned or limited people would adapt, just as they have with the smoking ban. Plastic bags are better for shopping needs. If they are not provided a Eugene stores, then I will shop in Springfield stores and no longer support Eugene businesses. Please ban plastic bags in the city! The plastic grocery bags are probably one of the most reused item ever invented. They are cheaper than paper bags, lower carbon footprint, and are a lot stronger than paper. I can carry the groceries in one hand that would take multiple trips with paper bags. The reusable bags are bulky and filthy, and washing them really shortens their life. I can store hundreds of plastic bags in one bag and find new ways to reuse them almost every day. As you can tell I am a huge fan of these bags, and highly irritated at our elected officials displaying such stupidy. It seems they are trying to make our lives more difficult and more expensive. I know the city has been considering a ban for at least six years. I attended a couple of the council meetings. It's time to ban these bags! Look at Portland and Corvalis, Los Angeles, for goodness sake. People will accommodate to the idea a lot sooner than some think. There were no questions about paper bags. As I mentioned earlier, this survey is biased. I know many people who use plastic bags for animal waste and as kitchen or bathroom garbage bags. Banning plastic bags from stores will only mean more people buying packaged plastic bags for these uses. Meanwhile, paper bags require more energy and more water to create and to recycle than plastic, thus are not at all a sustainable approach. They also cost more, which will drive up prices on groceries, a cost which will inequitably impact the poor. Actively promoting reusable bags for those for whom they make sense, and upping the fines for littering, is a far more sensible alternative to banning plastic.