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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey I see recycling bins frequently when I return cans I see recycle bins in the stores - very visible. I th think people just don't always use that Shouldn't be a concern of City govt. The more the better - the more options you give people, the easier it is for them to do something. Our curb-side carrier doesn't take them. If they did, I would be happy to recycle them. Its far too easy and convenient to simply throw the bags into the garbage at home. I don't often go to big box stores, or stores that give me plastic bags, but when I do, I hardly ever remember to haul any old ones there for recycling.It would be nice if they could be recycled in our usual garbage-collection recycling process. Don't think they should be used. Curbside. If people use what is available, the city and local government have much,much more to do than worry about what someone does or does not do with their plastic bags. Spend the time finding money to support law inforcement and keep criminals in jail. GREAT IDEA-- Encourage everyone to use as many plastice bags as possible and put a user tax on each one. This would encourage people to re-use their bags keeping them out of the dump and give needed money to law enforcement. Problem solved now go do something much more constructive. It would be nice to be able to set it out with the rest of my recycling on garbage day. there are plenty of options, we just need to reduce (hopefully eliminate!) the bags most of the issue seems to be educting people about all the different rules on recycling. there is not consistency between communities and haulers in the area on plastics in general. this confusion causes wrong choices. more visibility of where platic bags specifically can be returned would be useful. waste collectors should be recycling them. any store that uses them should have recycle pickup for them. Most consumers think they can be recycled with comingled recycling...which is not true. The other option is the trash. I am not sure how feasible it is for consumers to save and transport their bags to the transfer station I'm at the grocery store anyway - they provide a great service for recycling more than just the carry out bags (vegetable bags; laundry bags, etc) Yes I beleive there should be a place to recycle plastic bags at all atores in cluding mini-marts. (7- 11, Dairy mart, etc. Sure more options would be better, let the retailers decide People who don't reuse there bags can take them back to the stores they shop at. make the biodegradable Use reusable I have never seen or heard of way to recycle single use bags anywhere. If there is, it should be free of charge and its existence should be advertised extensively. :-) More convenient options that don't require a special trip to recycle. Unknown really. I generally reuse the bag for other garbage. Have stores provide recycle bins within their premises, in same manner as can and bottle recycling is provided. Only make the system actually work. More convenient locations would be nice. Also specify which kinds of plastic bags are acceptable. They should pick them up with the recycle plastic each week, through our trash service. ban them-wastful The garbage company has in the past accepted plastic bags, but they were tangling and mixing with the plastic and metal...why not recycle as with glass...many tied into one bag to be picked up similarly to the glass Maybe more education around recycling plastic bags?