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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey Mandate from GoPetition Changing the World: We the people, citizens of all countries of the world, wish to request that our political and business leaders especially in the plastics manufacturing and retail grocery industries make a concerted effort produce and sell bio-degradable plastic garbage bags that are not toxic to the worlds air, water and land and to make this a major priority to prevent further damage to the worlds oceans and the environment in general. We realize in the 21st century that our ecosystems are threatened by not only our consumerist mindsets but also by the lack of availability of environmentally friendly products such as bio- degradable plastics and plastics products in general which are biodegradable and not toxic to air, water, land, animals and human beings. Since plastics are such a necessity in the packaging, delivery and storage of food and water which we use daily, we are not easily able to eliminate using plastics from our lives. We request that our governments do a better job in working with business to bring about changes which makes bio-degradable non-toxic plastics etc. more readily available to consumers in major retail and grocery chains around the world and if neccessary make this a government mandate to prevent further destruction to the worlds oceans and environment in general. We no longer wish to be a part of the massive environmental destruction which is going on through non-biodegradable plastics pollution and humbly request that our governments take the initiative and govern concerning this issue, this is an issue which we feel needs immediate attention. Please use the technologies available to us in the 21st century of advanced chemistry and information technology which includes increasingly powerful computational capacity to solve the huge and dangerous threat of toxic non-biodegradable plastic...the health of planet Earth and the wonderful human beings and wildlife that live here depend on it. We also wish that corn ethanol be eventually phased out since this puts a strain on the worlds food supply and that some of this remaining excess corn production which was used for ethanol be used to make biodegradable plastic lids, food wrappers and garbage bags etc. For groceries, whenever possible I use boxes the store is going to get rid of because items don't roll about in my vehicle and I normally 1-2 boxes instead of 10-12 plastic bags. If boxes aren't out (usually the boxes eggs are shipped in, with handles), I will ask a clerk if they have any in the back. When emptied, I reuse them at home or recycle them using my curbside recycle bin. I appreciate not having to buy plastic bags for purposes for which I reuse my plastic store bags. Either way, the plastic ends up in a landfill, except that I use the bags for transport of goods and then reuse for practical purposes (garbage, use as dry container, doggy cleanup, etc). I do not support a plastic bag ban in the city of Eugene. Education, not legislation, is the key to reducing the amount of plastic bags that end up on our beaches and in our oceans.