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Attachment E: Text responses from retailer plastic bag ban survey 2 65 04/05/2012 none 5 3 17 400 6 30 150 150 4.5 3 15 Question 11: Please provide any additional comments here: We use a lot of small ziploc bags, they are reusable and we buy the thicker mil so that they are reusable for longer. This is one of the stupidest wastes of time. Plastic bags are cheap and compact. I can order a bundle of 1000 that takes less space than 100 paper bags. As a consumer it's even worse. I use the bags to pick up after my dog, but maybe that doesn't count as "recycling" even though he alternative is to buy plastic bags. Fix the budget and quit wasting time and resources on telling people what to do. The city needs to save money. Our business saves hundreds of companies and municipalities money. The city of Eugene does not seem to want to engage a local company that can reduce their waste, environment footprint and save money. our customers overall would support this Plastic bags should not be banned. Let consumer decide. Dislike using plastic bags ... paper bags are problematic: 1) Not water proof 2) not strong 3) expensive 4) take up lots of storage 5) cost more 6) cost more in freight charges (more deliveries because of storage problems) I think a ban on plastic bags would be great. They are difficult to recycle and become an environmental hazard. There are plenty of more responsible ways to carry purchases. This ban will have an effect on our business, the plastic bags are commonly re-used by customers as trash bags etc. It comes to question who is gaining from the ban? Re- use is the oldest form of recycling and is still used today by many people. the replacement bag would likely be expensive to design and purchase for one location, when our other locations can simply continue using the franchise standard bags. We should be able to use plastic bags! Can't believe the council should even have the power to stop the use of them! We are a farmers' market operation, not a big store. We shouldn't be included in any attempt to ban plastic bags anyway. I have researched this issue some and find the statements and science to be in opposition to the reasons given to ban the bags. If you want to be kind to the environment for real, then this approach is somewhat dishonest. Perhaps the city should ban all bags, paper or plastic. You should ban #6 plastic if you are really concerned about the environment. Talk about negative impact! That plastic is not recyclable at this time and is used as a single use throwaway hot food or drink or packing material. It has far more deleterious effect on the environment. We can't fund the animal shelter,the sheriff,or the schools,but when it comes to crap like this the City of Eugene has all the money in the world to waste.