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<br />Bag Ban Public Testimony 7/24/2012 – 9/17/2012 <br /> <br />Email 7/24/12: <br />Ms. Scafa: <br /> <br />Just make being stupid illegal, hmmm well that won't work, there is not enough jail space. <br /> <br />I am a enthusiast recycler, so it is hard for me to understand why anyone would throw anything in the <br />garbage to add to Short Mountain, if it could be reused or recycled. <br /> <br />Plastic bags have a function, people will just end up buying plastic bags to pick up dog poop, & that <br />usually goes in the garbage. <br /> <br />You could do two things together, rather than ban them: put a 10 cent deposit on plastic bags, the new <br />ones would have wording an a bar code on them, and... make them biodegradable. <br /> <br />They disintegrate in less than 6 months into powder, kinda messy, but probably even sooner in the land <br />fill, & that place is messy anyway. <br /> <br />It is sad that people aren't better recyclers, maybe education, retraining of people's brain, I am not sure <br />how much less plastic would really end up in the landfill, have you researched that using data from <br />other places that have banned plastic bags? <br /> <br />I prefer paper bags personally myself, but plastic bags do have a function. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Joe L. Claska <br /> <br />7/25/2012 <br />597 Covey Lane <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Just a comment and question for your consideration re: plastic bags. Commercially sold garbage bags <br />are plastic. I have used any plastic store bags as garbage bags for years - they are free and the same <br />material as a garbage bag I would purchase. If plastic shopping bags from the store are gone, people will <br />still use plastic bags for their trash and these still go to the landfill. How are we really gaining anything? <br />Are you going to require all merchants to pull all forms of plastic bags from their stores? Consider the <br />economic impact please. "Biodegradable" plastic bags are still very expensive and only available in very <br />limited sizes. They are beyond what most people will be willing to spend. Paper is not a good alternative <br />for "wet" trash containment or keeping foods fresh. I am not sure we have adequate viable alternatives <br />yet available. <br />7/31/12 <br />From: webwrks@comcast.net <br />To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br />