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Item 4: Ordinance Encouraging Use of Reusable Bags
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Bag Ban Public Testimony 7/24/2012 – 9/17/2012 <br /> <br />9/17/12 <br /> <br />From: lou97404@yahoo.com <br />To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br /> <br />I agree that on the face of it it appears a good idea to ban the use of grocery store plastic bags. <br />However, a deeper look at the issue presents a different story. We reuse our bags to pick up after our <br />dog. Without those bags we would have to buy plastic bags for that purpose. We also reuse the bags as <br />trash can liners. Again, without those bags we would be purchasing bags for that purpose. So two <br />specific instances where a thin, free bag would be replaced by a thinker and expensive bag. Then there <br />is the issue of bacterial cross contamination. Studies have shown the fabric bags become contaminated <br />from not being carefully washed, then the contamination is transferred to the food you bring home <br />from the store. <br /> <br />Please, do not vote for a ban on plastic bags. <br /> <br />Thank You, <br />Lou Engle <br /> <br /> <br />From: George Hermach [mailto:georuth12@comcast.net] <br />Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:09 AM <br />To: *Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br />Subject: further comment re plastic bags <br /> <br />Dear Mayor, Council Members and Manager: <br /> <br />We have sent comments on this subject on March 2, 2012 detailing our objections to a city-wide ban on <br />plastic bags. We offer further comments for your consideration. <br /> <br />We find the objections to plastic bags are not supported by documented studies and factual evidence, but <br />are more anecdotal. I urge that you consider the broader issues of plastics in general. Most <br />manufactured products produced today make use of significant percentages of plastic, both structurally <br />and in their inherent design. Almost all goods are packaged in plastic. Most of the world’s clothing is <br />produced from plastic. Most of the goods on grocer’s shelves are contained in plastic or at least plastic <br />coated. Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, cleaning products etc are all in plastic containers. And the giant <br />remains, plastic drink containers <br /> <br />Recycling continues to advance slowly, limited by the attempt at automated machinery rather than human <br />labor. Escaped or deliberately tossed trash in our landscape is not predominantly plastic bags, but a very <br />wide variety of items including paper products and bags. <br /> <br />Ocean contamination consists of many things, but larger mass plastics such as disintegrating bottles and <br />containers predominate. <br /> <br />We believe to selectively ban a single plastic item forcing use of much more damaging paper bags to be <br />very unwise. The multiple advantages of thin plastic bags have been well demonstrated. They are more <br />cheaply and easily recycled than paper bags. <br /> <br />
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