Ban plastic bags? City of Eugene wants your input
EUGENE, Ore. - Ban the bag?
The City of Eugene is conducting two surveys to gather information and opinions from consumers and retailers on single-use plastic bag use.
Earlier this year, the Eugene City Council began discussions on limiting the retail use of single-use plastic bags to help reduce waste and promote the use of reusable bags.
The survey results will be provided as public input during a Council work session on Monday, July 23.
The surveys are currently available at www.eugene-or.gov/plasticbags and will close Wednesday, July 11.
The City of Portland passed an ordinance in 2011 banning single-use plastic bags. The Corvallis City Council voted to pass a similar ordinance. A final vote on that law is expected next month.
But efforts to ban plastic bags statewide failed in the last legislative session.
Ban all plastic in everything, see how that works for you, that should reduce a tremendous amount of waste, so ban it all, no plastic in any consumer good of any kind, or recognize the hipocrisy and let us have the convienience of a light weight plastic bag.  Eugene has to be one of the most selfish places in the nation.