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Attachment D: Text responses from consumer plastic bag ban survey Getting rid of the bags is definitely the answer. I think if retailers insist on keeping them then they should change to biodegradable bags and then charge the customer for the increased cost. If the bags were just taken away then customers would quickly get used to bringing in their own bags or paying the $1 to buy one of the store’s bags. It’s an easy switch once you’re used to it and you don’t even think about it anymore. Even though I occasionally use plastic bags when shopping, I'm totally on board with banning or taxing them. I think keeping $ the incentive to re-use is important. I do not think that this should be a city function. This type of action is what destroys confidence in the city council. If you need money, get off this type of action. I reuse bags to make it easy to take out my garbage, making smaller drops in my garbage can, and to put things in my refrigerator for storage. I don't have to buy zip loc bags as much. Push it through. It needs doing. SEE ALL MY ABOVE COMMENTS- I THINK A BAN WOULD PUT A HARDSHIP ON FOLKS WHO RIDE THE BUSES IN WINTER, ECONOMICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUY PLASTIC BAGS, STANDING IN THE RAIN WAITING FOR A BUS, W/A FABRIC BAG DOES NOT WORK! I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS--EXCEPT THAT MERCHANTS DONT WANT TO PROVIDE THEM. We reuse our plastic bags for trash bags in small containers in our house and when cleaning cat boxes. We throw zero bags away yet would have to start buying plastic bags if this ban was put in place. Additionally, a lot of low income folks use plastic bags instead of buying tash bags and you can not buy reuseable bags on your food stamps which will make an additional expense for people living on a fixed income. There definitely needs to be a charge for people using plastic bags - even a nickel raises consciousness. Also baggers do not need to put just 2 or 3 things in a bag when they could put more. Many of us use pickup trucks with an uncovered bed and we need to have clean, weatherproof containers. Any liquid in the bed would penetrate cloth or paper bags. Plastic is not against the law. The idea of making it illegal in a city to use plastic bags at grocery stores is an excellent example of people wasting their time and efforts on a useless cause when there are so many better ones out there to spend their time on. I use paper bags when I forget my reusable bags. i reuse every single plastic bag that i get from a store. I use them for wastepaper basket liners, for small garbage cans, for storage and for picking up dog poop. I also use them when shopping at the Farmers Markets. By using them in these ways i do not have to purchase other plastic bags for those purposes. PLEASE DO NOT BAN the plastic bags, it saves me a great deal of money. I think the city Officials could find more productive things to do with their time rather than trying to tell everyone else what to do. For instance provide jail space for the the crazies you are releasing. Use the money you spend on building park after park, (we already have plenty) to provide police and fire protection. Wasting money by renaming Beltline, to name a few things. First things first. If we do not have police and fire protection you won't have to worry about anything else in this city Just some plain old common sense would suffice. If plastic bags are still in use, then charge 25 cents or more to discourage their use. The charge could be used to fund city or county budgets. Paper bags are better than plastic. Instead of giving a 5-cent credit for using a reusable bag increase it to 10 or more cents. My employer dispenses the more expensive biodegradeable bags--I would hope a new policy would allow these to continue to be used--best of both worlds. Plastic bags are a hygenic way of disposing of dog waste, cat litter and household garbage and are less environmentally harmful than paper bags which tear too easily, from damp or pressure.