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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey I would be for a ban on plastic bags, but only if there is NOT a mandatory fee for using paper bags provided by the retailer. Furthermore, I do not believe this falls within the city council's job descripton to ban or not ban particular items used by retailers. It's just one more agenda being pushed by cities pretending to be "green" and telling their citizens they believe what is best for them - because they don't think we are capable of thinking for ourselves. I am not in favor of this ban... I am tired of people telling others how to live there lives and what they can and can't do. This country is becoming more and more communist everyday. Plastic bags are an unnecessary burden on our environment. Thank you for your sincere consideration to ban them in our beautiful city! See #7 above. I've shopped in Scotland, there, if a customer at the grocery store doesn't bring his/her own bag they are asked "do you want to purchase one?", I think that's a great idea. Given the realities of Peak Oil, Climate Change and the economic collapse and human suffering that will accompany them, it is not an exaggeration to say that we need a complete, bottom-to-top restructuring of modern civilization and we need it RIGHT NOW. For our "leaders" to be fixating on whether or not to ban plastic bags, leads be to believe that they are either ignorant, delusional or socioathic. In either case, they have no business being in positions of leadership and we are doing a gross disservice to future generations. What would I use for produce and bulk food items purchases? use to be paper bags were the "bad" ones......... Thank you for addressing this issue. Just have everyone us paper as standard but have plastic available if asked for. These bags were originally meant to replace paper bags for "environmental" reasons. Tired of these policies, usually flawed and failed policies, affecting so much of my life. Stop worrying about the small stuff and take care of concrete problems, literally in some cases on the streets of Eugene. Let's join the other leaders in banning these bags. They weren't used a long time ago. They don't need to be used today...especially today it is critical to cut back on waste and pollution. Not just grocery, but all stores use the plastic bags. Stores should charge a fee for providing bags. Please vote to stop using plastic bags. They continually add to polluting the earth. It is essential that this single use plastic bag ban be implemented for Eugene, and Oregon as a whole, to acknowledge the harmful impact we are having on our water systems and oceans, and to begin to put a stop to it. "The Pacific Garbage Patch, located 1,000 miles off the coast has tripled in size since it was discovered in the 1980s — and it’s expected to double in the next 10 years." (www.environmentaloregon.org) This is a serious environmental impact that we must take action on right now so that we do not damage the ecosystems of our oceans any further. Waste of time. Solve some actual problems and quit wasting our public resources. I live in Junction City and would support a ban of plastic in favor of paper.. Re-usable are ok but not great nor realistic ans sometimes unsafe. I reuse my carryout plastic bags, those that are not torn, to line waste baskets, clean up after my dogs when out in a public area, and to carry my lunch to work. Even though most of these carryout bags have become very thin, I prefer using them over purchasing thicker plastic liners, which are more destructive to the environment. Just ban them! Enough already. Just ban the silly things and be proud. It's the right thing to do and everyone will be fine. At the very least, a 25-50 cent tax on each plastic bag would make people much more likely to bring their own reusable bags. The tax could go towards recycling facilities.