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Attachment E: Text responses from retailer plastic bag ban survey <br />unable to satisfy customers request <br />I SELL BOOKS. BOOKS DON'T LIKE MOISTURE. IT RAINS HERE ALOT, EVEN DURING BUSINESS <br />HOURS. BOOKSTORES NEED AN EXEMPTION111 <br />none <br />The customer would adjust. <br />none <br />Increased paper bags and give away reusables. <br />Too big to comprehend <br />When we quit offering plastic in 2008 we did not see a significant increase in paper bag use. Our customers <br />used their own bags or re-used paper bags. <br />it would be helpful to have the ban <br />Angry customers asking for forms to recall the mayor. <br />Plastic bags are essential to keeping our products fresh. Banning plastic could put our company out of <br />business. <br />We would need to redesign our check-out counter in that is located in a very small space. The plastic bags <br />currently hang on a hook for the checker to fill with purchased goods. <br />We wouldn't have anything to provide to customers to carry their items out in. <br />Costs would increase marginally <br />Question 7: Does your store take back single-use plastic carryout bags for recycling? <br />We do reuse single use bags that we bring from home. etc. <br />We have in the past but not currently. <br />We ask for and are given used plastic bags by customers <br />reuseing not recycling <br />Discounts for reused bags <br />Question 8: If your store does not take back single-use plastic carryout bags for recycling, why? <br />we don't use them <br />0 demand <br />n/a <br />do not use so don't need to <br />No financial incentive....ie: scrap steel generates income. <br />We don't give customers plastic bags <br />Experience with customer recycling was inconsistent and when they were not recyclable we discontinued and <br />have not resumed collections <br />N/A <br />I do take them back for reuse, but not in any quantity <br />Since I don't offer them I don't really want to get them back <br />we dont offer single use bags <br />I don't use them therefore I don't take them back <br />We do <br />Question 9: What type of retail store do you operate? <br />farmers market stand <br />Farmers Market Stand <br />books <br />Farmers' market <br />farmers market produce stand <br />Business to Business Services <br />Hotel Restaurant, Dry Cleaning and Gift Shop <br />Organic produce delivery service <br />