Bag Ordinance - Customer Feedback
Q1 Where do you live?
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Bucoda - inside the t...
Lacey - inside the city limits
Olympia - inside the c...
Rainier - inside the t...
Tenino - inside the t...
Tumwater - inside the c...
Yelm - inside the city limits
In Thurston County - but...
I do not live within Thurs...
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Answer Choices Responses
Bucoda - inside the town limits 0.00% 0
Lacey - inside the city limits 0.00% 0
Olympia - inside the city limits 0.00% 0
Rainier - inside the town limits 0.00% 0
Tenino - inside the town limits 0.00% 0
Tumwater - inside the city limits 100.00% 620
Yelm - inside the city limits 0.00% 0
In Thurston County - but outside of the above jurisdictions 0.00% 0
I do not live within Thurston County 0.00% 0
Total 620
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Q2 How did you hear about the bag ordinances before they started on July 1, 2014? Check all that apply.
Answered: 619 Skipped: 1
Email or electronic...
News: radio, paper, TV, etc.
Utility bill insert
Talking Trash newsletter
Sign at a store or sto...
A presentation at my child'...
I did not know about the ba...
Other (please specify)
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Answer Choices Responses
Email or electronic newsletter 7.75% 48
News: radio, paper, TV, etc. 52.02% 322
Utility bill insert 10.18% 63
Talking Trash newsletter 17.12% 106
Sign at a store or store staff informed me 46.20% 286
A presentation at my child's school 0.00% 0
I did not know about the ban before it started 7.27% 45
Other (please specify) 9.37% 58
Total Respondents: 619
# Other (please specify) Date
1 Social Media 1/21/2015 8:58 PM
2 I just moved to the area and heard about the ban from a friend. 1/13/2015 2:16 PM
3 How is "internet" not an option on here?! 1/9/2015 3:04 PM
4 Friend passed it along 1/8/2015 8:20 AM
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5 Friend 1/7/2015 10:44 PM
6 My employer 1/7/2015 7:05 PM
7 Ballot 1/3/2015 9:44 PM
8 I work in public policy so follow this sort of stuff 1/2/2015 6:38 PM
9 Olympian 1/2/2015 8:34 AM
10 I worked in retail. 1/2/2015 8:03 AM
11 Facebook 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
12 rumors 1/1/2015 9:22 PM
13 Just a bunch of bs. Previously they were banning paper bags in the past to save trees. Real smart for timber 1/1/2015 6:38 AM industry workers and tax revenues created for govmt
14 I worked retail and a county worker told us 12/29/2014 11:36 PM
15 I knew it was supposed to be voted on but didn't believe it would pass.:( 12/18/2014 7:34 PM
16 I work at a retail shop in downtown Olympia, and my bosses told me about it. 12/14/2014 9:54 PM
17 Thurstontalk on Facebook 12/14/2014 8:32 PM
18 My boss 12/14/2014 8:28 PM
19 Facebook 12/14/2014 1:55 PM
20 Friend 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
21 A family member 11/30/2014 3:25 PM
22 At the stores I work at 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
23 Work colleague 11/22/2014 2:14 AM
24 Several of these ways - newspaper, TV, newsletter 11/21/2014 10:43 AM
25 Not sure but everyone was talking about it. 11/20/2014 3:11 PM
26 Social media 11/20/2014 6:03 AM
27 store employees pushing the sale of reusable bags in advance of the ban. 11/19/2014 10:13 PM
28 Organizers from my school 11/19/2014 9:45 PM
29 My 31 demo 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
30 Newpaper Olympian 11/19/2014 5:43 PM
31 word of mouth 11/19/2014 4:52 PM
32 Not sure. Many sources 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
33 Facebook 11/18/2014 6:56 PM
34 The Olympian online 11/18/2014 6:21 PM
35 As I was checking out, I was informed. I just moved to the area in July 2014, and had no idea there was this 11/18/2014 5:12 PM ridiculous ordinance that prohibited one-use bags. It's not a problem in Lewis County where I lived for 10 years, so what's the problem here? People throwing trash out of their cars? I never do that; yet I am the one prohibited from getting them because I'm responsible and use them more then once or twice?
36 Don't really remember, but I watch the City Council discuss it on TV 11/18/2014 5:10 PM
37 I saw a sign at my office. I thought it was a joke and a really stupid idea. 11/18/2014 5:00 PM
38 Friend 11/18/2014 1:26 PM
39 Coworkers talking about it. 11/16/2014 7:53 AM
40 I went to the meeting when they put the plastic bag ban into place last fall. 11/15/2014 5:02 PM
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41 I am a grocery cashier 11/15/2014 12:18 PM
42 My employer 11/15/2014 8:09 AM
43 Before the ordinance even passed 11/15/2014 1:31 AM
44 My husband told me. 11/14/2014 8:06 PM
45 My job informed me 11/14/2014 10:42 AM
46 Family member 11/14/2014 8:55 AM
47 I work for a grocery store. 11/14/2014 6:37 AM
48 Facebook 11/13/2014 11:13 PM
49 From work 11/13/2014 11:11 PM
50 A friend 11/13/2014 10:44 PM
51 Social media 11/13/2014 7:10 PM
52 Everybody in town complaining about it 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
53 friends 11/13/2014 6:40 PM
54 I voted for it 11/13/2014 6:31 PM
55 Chamber discussion and ThurstonTalk 11/13/2014 5:50 PM
56 Word of mouth. 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
57 Work 11/13/2014 3:04 PM
58 Word of mouth 11/13/2014 2:26 PM
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Q3 Before July 1, 2014, I usually carried out my purchases in:
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Single-use plastic bags...
Paper bags provided by ...
Reusable bags I brought to...
My hands
Cardboard boxes
Other (please specify)
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Answer Choices Responses
Single-use plastic bags provided by the store 64.84% 402
Paper bags provided by the store 6.13% 38
Reusable bags I brought to the store 18.87% 117
My hands 0.48% 3
Cardboard boxes 0.16% 1
Other (please specify) 9.52% 59
Total 620
# Other (please specify) Date
1 I did a combination of hands, reusable bags, and plastic bags. I actually only got the plastic bags minimally-- 1/22/2015 6:54 PM typically if I (rarely) forgot my reusable bags or needed more trash bags, which is what I used the plastic bags for.
2 When I first moved here from California I used reusable bags until asks by numerous Olympia businesses to stop 1/12/2015 10:15 PM just prior to the ordinance.
3 Plastic bags provided by the store - but not "single use". Once we get them home, we used them for trash bags, 1/9/2015 3:04 PM dirty diaper bags, etc. Why does it have to say "single-use" on this question? This is rigged. You are skewing perspective to manipulate the local populace, and it's disgusting.
4 Either my own bags or store's plastic bags - depended on the store & purchase. 1/7/2015 8:05 PM
5 i used resuable when I remembered, plastic when I didn't. 1/7/2015 7:58 AM
6 Paper bags provided by the store that I re-used at least once, and often more than once 1/6/2015 11:30 AM
7 whatever worked 1/6/2015 6:51 AM
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8 Plastic bags that I then used again and again for other purposes, such as other trips to the store and containing 1/5/2015 8:30 PM pet feces.
9 Usually needed a few plastic bags in addition to reusable 1/3/2015 9:44 PM
10 Paper bags provided by the store, single use bags or reusable bags I brought into the store. 1/3/2015 8:16 AM
11 didn't think of them as single use as i saved mine for garbage bags to insert into my small trash receptors 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
12 Combination of reusable bags and plastic bags depending upon the nature of the purchase. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
13 Or paper, whatever was easiest for the person bagging the groceries. 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
14 These bags get reused at home. 1/2/2015 9:50 AM
15 multi-use plastic bags provided by the store 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
16 I would use both my own bags and plastic bags, as I usually re-used the plastic bags. 1/2/2015 5:56 AM
17 plastic bags that were bio-degradable. 1/1/2015 11:39 PM
18 Bags we brought and plastic 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
19 I used multiple options so it would be nice if this section was multiple choice so you could get better information. I 1/1/2015 12:41 PM used reusable bags, single use plastic bag and cardboard boxes.
20 Reusable bags I brought to the store and single-use plastic bags provided by the store when I forgot reusable 1/1/2015 10:18 AM bags
21 A combination of all of the above 1/1/2015 9:56 AM
22 Some reusable, some plastic 12/29/2014 11:36 PM
23 It depended on the purchase. All of the above depending on the store and the purchase. This question is too 12/29/2014 11:21 AM broad to be useful.
24 half the time my own reusable bags, other half used single-use plastic bags provided by store 12/15/2014 7:24 PM
25 multiple use universal plastic bags provided by store 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
26 Plastic bags provided by the store for messy, germy, bloody, and dirty stuff AND reusable bags I brought to the 12/1/2014 4:23 PM store.
27 Reusable bags I brought to the store for grocery shopping and some retail shopping, but otherwise relied on retail 11/30/2014 3:25 PM stores (other than grocery) to supply bags.
28 Paper in plastic for easier carrying. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
29 a combination of paper bags, reusable bags, single use plastic bags cardboard boxes -- depending on which 11/29/2014 2:42 PM store we were shopping at
30 paper and plastic bags 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
31 Try to use reusable but often forgot them and used plastic 11/24/2014 12:40 PM
32 sometimes plastic bags provided by the store, sometimes plastic bags I re-used, sometimes reusable cloth bags I 11/23/2014 12:08 AM brought
33 Combination-brown bags, plastic bags, boxes provided by store. 11/22/2014 9:05 AM
34 We also used reusable, when we remembered to bring them 11/21/2014 9:17 AM
35 I also used my reusable bags but had not created the habit of bringing them in with me. 11/21/2014 6:28 AM
36 Reusable bags, plastic bags, and paper bags. All recycled or reused. 11/20/2014 5:13 PM
37 Single Use (that I re-use at home) and Reusable bags 11/20/2014 8:22 AM
38 Mix of Single-use plastic (VERY re-useable and VERY useful in my life), paper bags (only if store had ones with 11/20/2014 12:26 AM handles), and cloth if it was actually convenient (typically not as I don't have planned shopping times, I shop as needed, when able. )
39 Combination of single use and reusable. 11/19/2014 10:08 PM
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40 Both paper and / or plastic bags. I used the plastic bags on the outside of the paper bags because the paper bags 11/19/2014 8:12 PM ALWAYS tore, split, and or wet fruits and vegetables would cause the paper bags to break apart. Guess what, the paper bags STILL do it now!!
41 It would depend on the purchase size and if I had reusable bags with me. 11/19/2014 6:23 PM
42 I used single-use plastic bags provided by the store but I re-used them for other things bags of used cat litter, etc. 11/19/2014 8:55 AM
43 All of the above. 11/19/2014 12:40 AM
44 a combination of reusable, paper and plastic bags. 11/18/2014 10:32 PM
45 reusable brought with me and also store bags 11/18/2014 8:21 PM
46 I used a combination of reusable bags, as well as paper and plastic when I needed them for other uses. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
47 A combination of the above things, depending on which store I was in & what I was buying. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
48 I used single-use bags when I needed a bag to re-use for garbage. Otherwise I brought my own reusable bag. 11/18/2014 6:21 PM
49 the single-use bags provided by the store were reused many times for various needs at home 11/18/2014 4:42 PM
50 I used the bags from the store, but the plastic bags were never "single use". I re-used the bags for a variety of 11/17/2014 8:01 PM things in my home - including garbage bag, bags to dump my cat litter in, as lunch bags and as a way of transporting items to and from friends or family's homes.
51 I would use both he single use bags, my own hands, paper bags and reusable bags I bought at the store. 11/17/2014 6:12 PM
52 I reused the plastic bags that I received from stores for waste baskets, garbage, animal waste and trash pick up 11/17/2014 3:07 PM etc.
53 depending on number of items and size of purchase, I either used no bag or used the plastic bags provided by 11/16/2014 6:48 AM the store.
54 Hand, plastic, and paper. Depended on what I was buying. 11/13/2014 7:37 PM
55 I used both reusable bags and paper. Also boxes when available. 11/13/2014 7:10 PM
56 MANY MULTIPLE-use plastic bags provided by the store 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
57 A mix of my own bags and plastic. I used the plastic bags to scoop kitty litter. 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
58 I used both the single use plastic bags & reusable bags. 11/13/2014 3:13 PM
59 Sometimes paper, sometimes plastic, sometimes reusable bags. 11/13/2014 2:37 PM
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Q4 Since July 1, 2014, I usually carry out my purchases in:
Answered: 620 Skipped: 0
Single-use plastic bags...
Paper bags provided by ...
Paper bags provided by ...
Reusable bags I bring to t...
Cardboard boxes
In my hands
Other (please specify)
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Answer Choices Responses
Single-use plastic bags provided by the store 2.42% 15
Paper bags provided by the store - I pay the fee 15.81% 98
Paper bags provided by the store - I am exempt from the fee 0.81% 5
Reusable bags I bring to the store 53.87% 334
Cardboard boxes 0.48% 3
In my hands 15.97% 99
Other (please specify) 10.65% 66
Total 620
# Other (please specify) Date
1 Combination of hands and reusable bags. Only once or twice since the ordinance have I purchased a paper bag. 1/22/2015 6:54 PM
2 In reusable bags, in my hands, in the cart. 1/12/2015 10:15 PM
3 Paper bags, reusable bags and by hand. Depends on how much I bought and if I remembered to bring my bags 1/8/2015 10:33 PM in from the car.
4 bought paper bags and reuse them, no cleaning required. 1/8/2015 9:34 AM
5 It depends on what I'm buying; groceries, my own bags, but sometimes in other stores I forget & end up carrying 1/7/2015 8:05 PM things in my hands or shoving them in my large purse.
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6 I have since bought bags but forget them a lot. I think this is stupid. We donated our used bags to charities 1/7/2015 2:19 PM (Citygates, our church for the food pantry, now they do not have them available.
7 I purchase and use my own 1/3/2015 11:42 AM
8 Paper bags I pay for, paper bags that are free, reusable bags I bring to the store, my hands. 1/3/2015 8:16 AM
9 wheel them out in a cart and put in bags in the car 1/3/2015 7:25 AM
10 I carry them out to my car because I ALWAYS forget to bring bags and I purchase less because of it! I also have 1/2/2015 7:45 PM decided to shop outside of thurston county because of this.
11 i buy and use the store cloth bags each time even before the ban 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
12 I can never remember the DAMN reusable canvas bags I bought so I always end up paying the fee for paper! 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
13 Still reuse these bags for other things. Costs $.20 but no big deal. 1/2/2015 9:50 AM
14 carry or cart to car like Costco, reusable bags have germs and you would need many 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
15 My hands and bads we bring. Piss poor for meat 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
16 Use plastic bags I've saved from before the bag ban 1/1/2015 6:17 PM
17 Again, multiple choice would be good because my use is close to equal. I bring reusable and paper bags when I 1/1/2015 12:41 PM remember them. If I forget, I ether buy bags if I didn't put mine in the car or take my purchase to the car and load in my bags at the car.
18 Reusable bags when I remember or I pay for paper when I forget. 1/1/2015 10:43 AM
19 Reusable bags I bring to the store or in my hands if I've forgotten reusable bags--what a pain! 1/1/2015 10:18 AM
20 old plastic bags I saved from previous months before the ban 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
21 In my hands when I forget to bring in the reusable . Bag my own stuff most places now cashiers put to much into 1/1/2015 12:53 AM the reusable bags making them to heavy to carry . Own 40 reuasble bags still trying to get use to the plastic ban . If I forget to keep bags with me I end up buying more depending in how much I purchase Paper bags tear apart especially if they do not have handles . I do like the handles on reusables to throw over my shoulders easier to carry and groceries fit nicely in reusables
22 I use my reusable only on the occasions that I remember to take them in the store. It's hard with having an infant 12/31/2014 4:34 PM
23 I will not EVER pay for a paper bag, but again it depends on the store and the purchase. A gallon of milk at Fred 12/29/2014 11:21 AM Meyer, my hands. A weeks worth of groceries? Reusable bags and the cart back out to my car. Back to school shopping at the mall? You seriously think i'm putting my brand new clothes in the bags my groceries have been in? These questions are a joke.
24 It depends on how much stuff I buy as to how I carry it...sometimes in my hands, sometimes just use the 12/18/2014 7:34 PM shopping cart and my reuseable bags or buy paper bags.
25 Sometimes we took bags, sometimes forget it. We used our plastic bags for garbage...now we buy new plastic 12/17/2014 3:14 PM bags for garbage.
26 I have reusable bags but am constantly forgetting them. 12/15/2014 9:06 AM
27 Half the time I use a reusable bag, but I also forget them and have to buy a paper bag. 12/14/2014 7:05 PM
28 Shopping cart 12/14/2014 4:48 PM
29 Sometimes in the cart, if I forgot to bring my bags in. 12/14/2014 4:11 PM
30 In the grocery cart, and then load them into the reusable bags that I keep forgetting to bring into the store with me. 12/14/2014 1:55 PM
31 Hands or cart 12/8/2014 6:35 PM
32 We do all of our shopping now In Lewis County. They still care about their customers and provide bags. 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
33 Illegal plastic bags that I get from other counties and reusable bags that I carry into the store. I will not buy bags. 12/1/2014 4:23 PM
34 Paper in plastic, I saved up. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
35 either in our hands, or reusable bags that we brought 11/29/2014 2:42 PM
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36 Rarely 11/26/2014 8:43 AM
37 all the above 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
38 I now do my shopping in pierce county 11/24/2014 7:34 PM
39 sometimes paper bags I have to pay for and sometimes reusable cloth bags I brought 11/23/2014 12:08 AM
40 Combination-my own bag (when I can remember), carry out items in hands (cart) 11/22/2014 9:05 AM
41 Both reusable and paper bags. 11/21/2014 3:23 PM
42 I now shop in Lewis and Grays Harbor counties whenever possible. 11/21/2014 8:16 AM
43 Whatever I can cause sometimes I don't have reusable bags 11/20/2014 6:09 PM
44 I have reusable bags in my car but usually forget to bring them with me into the store. 11/20/2014 4:17 PM
45 In my hands at when I remember, reusable bags 11/20/2014 8:22 AM
46 Paper bags by store but only ones with handles and the "fee" is REDICILOUS! It makes me irate to spend more 11/20/2014 12:26 AM tax in an already completely greedy over-taxed area. I try to shop where I work (outside of Thurston) now. I don't want to give this area my business when I can't buy clothes without the courtesy of a bag! I'm not taking an ugly hippy paisley shopping bag into a high-end clothing retailer! I would look stupid, and I have to carry my clothes out without a bag? Like bras? Or other personal things? My mother actually had to leave Victoria's Secret without a bag for her purchase because of this really stupid and not well thought out law.
47 Forced to buy bags wheb I drive the vehicle that didn't have the reusable bags in it 11/19/2014 8:46 PM
48 Actually I have used both my own, reusable bags, or, when I forget to bring those, I pay the fee for paper bags. 11/19/2014 9:25 AM
49 Reusable bags when I remember, I pay for paper when I don't. 11/18/2014 10:53 PM
50 I use reusable bags and also pay 5 cents for paper bags, which I need for other purposes. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
51 Plastic bags I saved and reuse until they fall apart 11/18/2014 6:38 PM
52 I occasionally bring reusable bag to store. Most times I bring my own plastic, or carry out in cart to my car. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
53 Since I forget to bring them with me about 3 out of 4 times I go grocery shopping, I am forced to either pay for 11/18/2014 5:12 PM another reusable bag or pay extra for the paper ones. I did not know that certain people were exempt from paying for the paper bags. Why does the store not make people aware that there might be an exemption? No one ever told me there was an exemption.
54 I have purchased single use plastic bags which I take into the store. I often give them out to struggling shoppers. 11/18/2014 5:00 PM Shoppers ask me where I got them. Amazon.com. I have also chosen to do my major shopping outside of Thurston County because of the bag thing. I used to reuse the bags I got from the store but I don't bother anymore. I just toss them in the trash.
55 reusing plastic bags 11/17/2014 8:11 PM
56 Since I work outside Thurton County, I have started purchasing my groceries in a neighboring county without the 11/17/2014 8:01 PM ban, but when I do shop in Thurston County I use plastic grocery bags I have saved from before the ban or that I get with my groceries outside Thurston County.
57 I take the shopping cart to my car and unload it there. 11/16/2014 4:48 PM
58 Out of the store in the cart, into my trunk, and from there, item by item to the house. 11/16/2014 2:18 PM
59 Reusable bags if I remember to take them in, or i just put everything in the cart and take it out to the car. Very 11/14/2014 8:06 PM rarely, I'll buy a paper bag.
60 If I remember, I have a few reusable bags, but never have enough and have to buy paper bags. 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
61 I use reusable bags or just carry out in the cart or hands. I refuse to pay 5cents ea time. 11/14/2014 6:36 AM
62 Most of the time I have to put the items in my cart and bring them to my car and put them in the reusable bags I 11/13/2014 11:18 PM forgot in the car. It's really inconvenient.
63 in the cart and place items in my trunk - I NOW BUY PLASTIC BAGE TO LINE MY HOME TRASH CANS - I USE 11/13/2014 10:01 PM TO USE THE FREE BAGS FROM THE STORE.
64 Put back in cart and take out to car 11/13/2014 6:05 PM
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65 initially I purchased reusable bags from the store, sometimes they ripped on the first use and had to be thrown 11/13/2014 5:50 PM away. I'd usually forget them in my trunk when going into the store so now I have purchased about 30-40 bags and thrown some away, have used some for other things around the house, and have 15 in my trunk that I still forget are there so now I just pay for paper bags or shop in Yelm, Tenino, or Chehalis
66 Put back in cart after rung up 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
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Q5 If you use reusable bags, how do you remind yourself to take them to the store?
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# Responses Date
1 Just a habit I developed before the ordinance. I always keep the bags in my trunk and make sure to put them 1/22/2015 6:54 PM back in there before my next drive. My reminder to put them back in there is I put them on the doorknob of the entry door of my apartment. I've also had a huge concern about the environment, so that has been the motivation prior to the ordinance.
2 I keep a few extras in the car. 1/21/2015 8:58 PM
3 I leave them on the front seat of my care otherwise I forget. 1/21/2015 1:05 PM
4 I leave them in the car 1/19/2015 12:54 PM
5 Reusable bags are always kept in the trunk of my car so they are ready for me to take inside the store. 1/19/2015 9:26 AM
6 Keep several in the car. If I don't take one in or bring enough, I buy a paper bag or carry stuff out in the cart and 1/17/2015 12:40 PM bag it at my car. The difference for me is when I forget or don't have enough bags, I would have gotten the plastic bags.
7 Always keep in car; occasionally have to leave store to get from car if I forget. 1/14/2015 10:10 PM
8 I forget and have to bag them myself once I reach the car 1/13/2015 8:10 PM
9 Many (30) years of habit and I keep one or two in the car at all times. 1/13/2015 2:16 PM
10 Keep at least 2 in the car. Return them to the car as part of putting groceries away. 1/13/2015 1:56 PM
11 I have several I bought out of state that clip to my purse. 1/12/2015 10:15 PM
12 long time habit 1/12/2015 7:10 PM
13 Just do it... leave in car or by door so I see it when I leave. 1/12/2015 2:11 PM
14 I often forget which is why my hands are the default 1/12/2015 9:24 AM
15 Hardley ever. Sucks 1/11/2015 11:11 PM
16 I leave them in my vehicle. 1/11/2015 10:55 PM
17 Keep in car. It is now habit. 1/11/2015 3:10 PM
18 It's just become a habit. 1/10/2015 5:11 PM
19 I leave them in the car & they never remind me 1/10/2015 8:55 AM
20 The paper bags are reusable. We buy them at the store, and when we get home we use them for trash or recycle 1/9/2015 3:04 PM or whatever. They sure don't hold the stink of shitty diapers in as well as the plastic ones though! Jerks.
21 I keep them in the trunk. If I forget to take one in the store, I make myself go back to my car and get before I can 1/9/2015 12:56 PM continue to shop. After all these years, that doesn't usually happen anymore.
22 I keep them in my car by the front seat. 1/9/2015 10:35 AM
23 I usually just keep a couple in my car at all times just in case I make an unplanned trip to the store, or if I just 1/9/2015 10:25 AM forget to grab some.
24 It's hit and miss. Eventually it will become habit. 1/9/2015 9:10 AM
25 It is almost automatic now, but sometimes I forget and have to go back and get them. 1/9/2015 7:38 AM
26 put them in my car before I leave 1/9/2015 6:46 AM
27 I always forget 1/9/2015 5:02 AM
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28 If I don't remember to wrap the bags around my purse I forget to take them from the car. 1/8/2015 10:33 PM
29 put them in my passenger seat of my car 1/8/2015 9:36 PM
30 I will not use reusable bags 1/8/2015 8:52 PM
31 Remember them when grocery shopping, but forget frequently for other small trips. 1/8/2015 4:37 PM
32 I usually don't remember until in the check out line 1/8/2015 2:29 PM
33 Put them on the front seat on top of my purse. Sometimes the stores have signs reminding shoppers to bring their 1/8/2015 9:40 AM bags, which is helpful.
34 Carry them in the vacant passenger seat 1/8/2015 8:20 AM
35 keep in the car 1/8/2015 7:28 AM
36 I usually have to walk back to the car after first I start getting store items. 1/8/2015 6:10 AM
37 I have one fold one in my purse and try to keep a few in the car 1/7/2015 10:44 PM
38 I keep them in the car & have a place on the counter where I put them to remind me to take them back out to the 1/7/2015 8:05 PM car.
39 Put them on the passenger seat beside me. Always store them in the car on the floor of the back seat. Religiously 1/7/2015 7:59 PM put them back in the car after I empty the groceries out.
40 I leave them in my car and pour then back in my car asap. 1/7/2015 7:05 PM
41 As soon as I unload bags after a trip to the store, I immediately return them to the car so they will be there for my 1/7/2015 6:31 PM next trip.
42 Always forget to bring th in from the car. 1/7/2015 5:59 PM
43 unfortunately I usually forget to bring them in but am very proud of myself when I do remember. 1/7/2015 5:46 PM
44 Leave them in my vehicle 1/7/2015 4:10 PM
45 I try to store them in my car. When I forget - I pay the fee and get a paper bag. 1/7/2015 4:01 PM
46 I forget all the time. I keep them in my trunk. On major grocery trips I remember them. It's the weekly smaller 1/7/2015 3:49 PM trips and ESPECIALLY going to retail/mall - type stores that I forget to take them with me.
47 I keep them in my car and now it's simply a habit to bring them in with me. 1/7/2015 3:13 PM
48 I keep them in the car. 1/7/2015 2:55 PM
49 it is a pain 1/7/2015 2:19 PM
50 They sit in the front seat. 1/7/2015 12:03 PM
51 It's a habit now 1/7/2015 11:05 AM
52 they are in the back seat of my car 1/7/2015 10:15 AM
53 Keep in purse, or car 1/7/2015 10:07 AM
54 Keep in my purse and car 1/7/2015 9:54 AM
55 Keep a supply of them in my trunk. 1/7/2015 8:40 AM
56 i try to remember to put them back in my car after emptying at home from a shopping trip. 1/7/2015 7:58 AM
57 I just put them back in my car. After I unload groceries I put bags by my keys or purse to remind me. 1/6/2015 8:53 PM
58 I try to re-use the paper bags, not only for grocery shopping but as wrapping paper for shipping items in the mail. 1/6/2015 8:40 PM I usually forget the bags in the car, so what I'm finding is my car is now looking like a bag-lady is buried in there somewhere.
59 I store them in the car 1/6/2015 8:34 PM
60 leave them in the car 1/6/2015 2:45 PM
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61 I try to remember but unusually end up having to purchase which is annoying after spending $100 or more on 1/6/2015 11:30 AM items
62 I won't use them 1/6/2015 6:51 AM
63 Keep them in the car. 1/5/2015 8:30 PM
64 I use the fabric bags that roll up in tiny balls. As soon as I get home I empty the bags, roll them up and return 1/5/2015 8:09 PM them to my purse. They are also washable. In addition to these I always have 6 or 7 freebie bags I've collected over the years that I always keep in the car.
65 If I think about it I try to get them back in the car as quickly as possible 1/5/2015 11:06 AM
66 I don"t..most of the time I forget them!!! 1/5/2015 8:36 AM
67 Leave them in my car 1/5/2015 7:23 AM
68 put in the car where I can see them 1/4/2015 9:10 PM
69 I don't. I am 76 years old and I usually have to go back out to get them. Thanks a lot. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
70 I don't. I am 76 years old and I usually have to go back out to get them. Thanks a lot. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
71 I usually forget so I take my groceries in the cart to my car & transfer them into the bags. It's a pain. 1/4/2015 12:53 PM
72 Try to leave some in car and purse but difficult to find compact bags 1/3/2015 9:44 PM
73 Keep in car 1/3/2015 11:42 AM
74 I keep them in the trunk I carry a fold up one in my purse 1/3/2015 11:40 AM
75 They fill up my garage. I hate carrying them around in the store with me. 1/3/2015 10:34 AM
76 Put them in the front seat of my car 1/3/2015 9:12 AM
77 I used to keep the reusable bags in the front seat of my car, which reminded me some of the time. However my 1/3/2015 8:16 AM car got broken into and I think that having the bags visible may have given the prowler the impression that they contained items of value. So now I keep the bags in the trunk and rarely remember to take them in the store.
78 Can't ever remember 1/3/2015 7:25 AM
79 I have them but forget 1/2/2015 11:04 PM
80 I forget most of the time 1/2/2015 8:30 PM
81 I don't do well with remembering. So I bring it to my car.? 1/2/2015 7:45 PM
82 I forget a lot 1/2/2015 7:41 PM
83 when i empty them i keep them in my car to reuse 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
84 Leave them on the front seat 1/2/2015 6:38 PM
85 Never remember. Thurston county sucks. Hate paying for them. 1/2/2015 6:26 PM
86 I keep them in the car but often forget and have to return to car for them or bring my groceries out in the shopping 1/2/2015 5:48 PM cart.
87 By chance 1/2/2015 4:37 PM
88 Hopefully, I see someone with a bag and remember to grab the bags out of the car. 1/2/2015 4:21 PM
89 I often don't remind myself and when I forget I carry items out by hand rather than oay a fee to kill another tree. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
90 Keep them in car 1/2/2015 11:16 AM
91 I NEVER remember them! 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
92 Use brightly colored bags; write "TAKE BAGS" at the top of my shopping list; and keep the bags in the back seat 1/2/2015 9:44 AM where I will see them. I also make myself go back out to the car to get them if I forget - that's what ultimately changed my habit.
93 mostly forget 1/2/2015 9:11 AM
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94 Keep them in the car 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
95 Don't use, carry or cart for reason above 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
96 Keep them in my car 1/2/2015 8:42 AM
97 If, If I remember, I try and leave them lying on the seat under my purse 1/2/2015 8:34 AM
98 I keep a few in my purse (they are thin nylon so they don't take up a lot of space) and I leave a few on my 1/2/2015 8:03 AM passenger seat.
99 I still forget them in the backseat of my car! 1/2/2015 7:11 AM
100 Add a reminder to my shopping list. 1/2/2015 6:56 AM
101 I don't remind myself. I just know that I need them to go shopping. 1/2/2015 5:56 AM
102 Leave them in my truck. 1/2/2015 1:49 AM
103 I don't. I regularly forget them. As a result, I buy less in the store. 1/1/2015 11:39 PM
104 We forget sometimes 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
105 I put a pile of them in the back of my car when I remember. 1/1/2015 8:39 PM
106 leave them in my car 1/1/2015 5:49 PM
107 I usually forget them in the car. 1/1/2015 5:17 PM
108 They are in the back seat of my vehicle so that I have them with me all the time when I am out and about. 1/1/2015 5:08 PM
109 I have bags in car 1/1/2015 4:57 PM
110 Leave them in my car 1/1/2015 4:54 PM
111 First problem is to remember to put them in the car so I set them out which is the major problem of not taking 1/1/2015 12:41 PM them into the store. I have also had to make an extra trip from the store back to my car or just put the purchase in the cart and bag it myself at the car. Would be helpful if stores had a large reminder sign at the door.
112 Keep them on the backseat of the car 1/1/2015 11:15 AM
113 I struggle with this one. Habits are hard to change. 1/1/2015 10:43 AM
114 Leave them in the car. 1/1/2015 10:26 AM
115 I've invested in some reusable bags that fold into themselves to carry in my purse to have available when I forget 1/1/2015 10:18 AM to take my bags in from the car.
116 Very little 1/1/2015 10:02 AM
117 Difficult to remember 1/1/2015 9:56 AM
118 sometimes I forget and have to take my purchases to the car and bag them there 1/1/2015 9:45 AM
119 I usually forget and have to go out and get them or just carry my stuff out in the cart. 1/1/2015 9:28 AM
120 Leave them in the car. 1/1/2015 8:46 AM
121 I almost always forget them. 1/1/2015 8:18 AM
122 Keep them in the back seat. 1/1/2015 7:49 AM
123 I hit myself over the head with a baseball bat. This ban has made my life living HELL. 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
124 put them back in car as soon as empty 1/1/2015 7:23 AM
125 I leave them in my car. I often forget them and have to go out to retrieve them 1/1/2015 7:02 AM
126 Don't try to remember. Stores should figure this stuff in their overhead and just charge more for their products to 1/1/2015 6:38 AM cover the paper bags. Seriously 5 cents is just another hidden tax
127 Keep them in the car. 1/1/2015 5:58 AM
128 i leave them in the front seat of the car 1/1/2015 5:07 AM
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129 I always forget and have to buy a bag or just carry out in my hands if not buying a lot of items. 1/1/2015 4:59 AM
130 Keep in bak seat of car if I remember to 1/1/2015 12:53 AM
131 I keep them in my vehicle and on a hook in the garage but still forget to take them into the store. 12/31/2014 4:34 PM
132 I dont 12/31/2014 1:09 PM
133 Put them in my car beforehand 12/29/2014 11:36 PM
134 The irritation that this ordinance passed without a vote of the people is reminder enough. 12/29/2014 11:21 AM
135 Pain in the rear because they always get left at home. 12/26/2014 11:23 AM
136 Stay in car 12/22/2014 2:03 PM
137 I have some in my vehicle, but I am still not used to the ban on plastic & having to pay for paper, so I end up 12/21/2014 6:14 PM forgetting them in the vehicle & then just pay the fee for the store one.
138 I don't remember to take them. 12/18/2014 10:22 PM
139 I've always kept them in the car. Sometimes I remember because I see them. Other times I don't and then I just 12/18/2014 10:08 PM take the items I get in the cart out to the car and then load up the bags.
140 I have many and always leave some in my car 12/18/2014 9:52 PM
141 They are on the floor of my car. 12/18/2014 9:39 PM
142 clip one to my key ring. 12/18/2014 7:34 PM
143 I try to leave them in my car. I wish I had single use available to me on occasion, as I used them for disposing of 12/18/2014 7:07 PM waste.
144 I always forget so i need to pay for the cheap paper bags that rip 12/18/2014 4:00 PM
145 I forget them all the time, that's why I pay for paper bags. 12/17/2014 8:40 PM
146 We put it in the car. 12/17/2014 3:14 PM
147 I have several including insulated that I keep in my car. When I head out the door I grab any empty bags. I really 12/16/2014 7:03 PM like the insulated ones.
148 If I forget my bags in my car, I bring my items to my car to bag them. 12/16/2014 4:42 AM
149 I don't. If I forget the bags I bring the items out to the car in a cart or by hand and put them in the bags myself. 12/15/2014 11:14 PM
150 I normally have to send my daughter out to the car after them. 12/15/2014 9:56 PM
151 I usually forget and am reminded when I see others carrying their groceries out in reusable bags. 12/15/2014 7:54 PM
152 when i empty them as i put away groceries, i hang them on the doorknob, and the next time i go to get in the car i 12/15/2014 7:24 PM just pick them off the doorknob on my way out.
153 I often forget and end up carrying them out 12/15/2014 6:34 PM
154 I don't I forgot them. 12/15/2014 3:41 PM
155 I never remember to bring my reusable bags, that's why I always end up paying the fee. 12/15/2014 12:15 PM
156 I keep the empty ones in my car 12/15/2014 9:13 AM
157 I usually remember. I keep them in my trunk & grab as I go into the store 12/15/2014 8:16 AM
158 I try to put them back in my car after I'm done. 12/15/2014 8:03 AM
159 Keep them in my car. 12/15/2014 8:01 AM
160 Very simple. You can buy the one's that fold up into a pocket and several will fit in a purse or pocket. I have been 12/15/2014 12:34 AM carrying several made of clothe for over 20 years.
161 I often forget them in the trunk 12/14/2014 10:06 PM
162 I bought a little one that folds up, so I just make sure to keep it in my purse at all times. 12/14/2014 9:54 PM
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163 i have to carry them in my purse all the time. i hate it. 12/14/2014 9:47 PM
164 I always forget 12/14/2014 9:45 PM
165 I leave a bunch in the car. And I have one that folds up small that I carry in my purse as a backup. 12/14/2014 8:32 PM
166 Put them all together and leave them out in the open. Sometimes I'll forget while walking to the carbut remember 12/14/2014 8:28 PM before leaving.
167 put them out on the counter when I make my list. 12/14/2014 7:05 PM
168 I don't use reusable bags. 12/14/2014 6:22 PM
169 Keep them in the car. 12/14/2014 5:33 PM
170 I've made it a habit to bring my bags in 12/14/2014 4:31 PM
171 Still working on it 12/14/2014 4:26 PM
172 Try to have one in the front seat. If I don't I won't remember. Have made lots of trips in with no bags. I then use 12/14/2014 4:11 PM the cart or my hands to get my stuff back to my car.
173 I hardly ever remember them 12/14/2014 4:09 PM
174 I don't. I'd rather pay the five cents or put it in my purse. 12/14/2014 4:00 PM
175 Sometimes 12/14/2014 3:51 PM
176 Keep them in the back seat of my car 12/14/2014 3:29 PM
177 Keep them close to the door or in the car. 12/14/2014 2:57 PM
178 Leave them in the car 12/14/2014 2:46 PM
179 It's just a habit, I don't even think about it for groceries. For other than grocery stores? Never remember. 12/14/2014 2:45 PM
180 I don't remember them. This is a stupid ban! 12/14/2014 2:35 PM
181 I always forget!!! 12/14/2014 2:25 PM
182 I have reusable and hate them. Cleaning them out every time is a pain. When I did get plastic, i reused them 12/14/2014 2:08 PM several times.
183 place on the passenger seat next to me 12/14/2014 1:55 PM
184 I dont 12/14/2014 1:47 PM
185 I try to keep some in my car sometimes stash them in my purse but I still forget. 12/14/2014 1:42 PM
186 Put them in the back seat if my car. 12/14/2014 1:41 PM
187 I keep them in my car so they are always with me. 12/11/2014 3:49 PM
188 they hang on a hook on the front door 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
189 I rarely remember 12/8/2014 6:35 PM
190 Sitting in my car 12/8/2014 6:48 AM
191 i try to return them to my car right away. i sometimes do not have them. 12/5/2014 7:56 AM
192 Roll them up immediately after unpacking and set them by purse and keys 12/4/2014 5:58 PM
193 We have given up on Thurston County. All purchases are now made in Lewis County. This includes items that 12/4/2014 2:25 PM carry sales tax.
194 A backpack with plastic and reusable bags, coupons, etc. always goes into the store with me. 12/1/2014 4:23 PM
195 I usually forget them in the car, and have to buy another one during my transaction at the counter. 12/1/2014 11:11 AM
196 Just made it a habit. 11/30/2014 9:24 PM
197 I forget it most of the time so am forced to buy a bag. 11/30/2014 6:37 PM
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198 I keep them in the car and always remember them if I'm going grocery shopping. I hardly ever remember to bring 11/30/2014 3:25 PM them into stores at the mall.
199 At first I would forget, now by habit I try to remember to get my bags out of the trunk. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
200 they are always in car, and sometimes forget to bring them in, but most times will remember 11/29/2014 2:42 PM
201 keep them in the car 11/29/2014 10:18 AM
202 Put them in back seat and hope I notice them as I get out of car 11/26/2014 1:48 PM
203 It is rare. If I do, I put them where I can see tem inside my car. 11/26/2014 8:43 AM
204 I put them back in my car after unloading and putting groceries away, that way I always have them with me. In the 11/25/2014 8:14 PM beginning I had to run back out to the car because I would forget to bring them in, once at the store. Now it's a habit, I just grab my bags.
205 Have reusable bags in vehicle but never remember to bring them into store. Always end up carrying groceries or 11/25/2014 2:41 PM purchased items in my hand, often dropping them.
206 I carry them in the trunk of my car. 11/25/2014 10:14 AM
207 I keep them handy in the car. 11/24/2014 8:35 PM
208 I never remember 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
209 I have bought many and always forget them. I have stopped buying them. 11/24/2014 7:07 PM
210 Keep in the car at all times. Often forget 11/24/2014 12:40 PM
211 I forget constantly, it is a huge inconvenience and annoyance. 11/24/2014 11:36 AM
212 I wasted money on these as I always forget. And they are not good as garbage bags or kitty litter bags or lunch 11/23/2014 9:45 PM bags. Plastic were not one use.
213 Keep in the car 11/23/2014 5:26 PM
214 6 times out of 10 I still forget and have to run out to the car. I usually just keep repeating to myself to grab them 11/23/2014 12:27 PM out of the trunk. I also feel like a thief if I walk out of a store without my items in a bag
215 They have to be IN my lap in the car. Otherwise, I forget them. 11/23/2014 12:08 AM
216 carry some in each of my cars 11/22/2014 11:28 PM
217 Keep them in the back of the car 11/22/2014 9:47 PM
218 Leave them in my car. A couple just behind my driver's side seat so I see them. 11/22/2014 2:00 PM
219 I keep them in my trunk. 11/22/2014 11:03 AM
220 hard to do - place them in cars but mostly forget to take them in store. Not realizing clothing stores do not provide 11/22/2014 9:05 AM free bags. Have to carry new clothing out of store not in bag. I will not pay for bags.
221 I usually get two minutes from my house and remember I forgot them then turn around to go get them. 11/22/2014 2:14 AM
222 I put them back in car after I empty bag. Sometimes we forget and have to go back to car to get the bags. 11/21/2014 11:35 PM
223 Put them in front seat of car 11/21/2014 9:39 PM
224 I put them in the back seat of my car with my coat over wise I forget. 11/21/2014 3:23 PM
225 Leave them in my car where i can see them. If hidden in the trunk i forget about them. 11/21/2014 1:25 PM
226 15% of the time they go in. Otherwise they stay in the car or house. 11/21/2014 12:16 PM
227 I usually forget and have to go back to the car. 11/21/2014 10:43 AM
228 Keep them in the car 11/21/2014 9:17 AM
229 Half the time I forget and have to buy bags 11/21/2014 8:19 AM
230 Leave in my car. One in my purse 11/21/2014 7:37 AM
231 If I forget, I bag my items at my car. I have gotten better about remembering. 11/21/2014 6:28 AM
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232 I always forget. 11/20/2014 10:45 PM
233 I try to leave them in the car or by the door 11/20/2014 5:13 PM
234 I don't remember and have to bag my groceries at the car. 11/20/2014 5:03 PM
235 I don't, I nearly always forget, even though they are in the car. I HATE this law. I never remember to bring them to 11/20/2014 4:17 PM the Mall and people look ridiculous walking around with handfuls of merchandise. It is very inconvenient.
236 I keep them in my car. 11/20/2014 3:11 PM
237 Half of the time I forget to bring them & end up having to get paper bags. I have an EBT card & with the exception 11/20/2014 3:01 PM of one store, I'm exempt from the fee
238 I carry 2 small tote bags in my purse at all times. 11/20/2014 2:22 PM
239 Sometimes I forget, so I just bag my stuff up at my vehicle. 11/20/2014 10:46 AM
240 They are always in my car. 11/20/2014 9:39 AM
241 Leave them in the trunk of the car 11/20/2014 9:00 AM
242 I can't. It's a day by day thing on if I remember 11/20/2014 8:22 AM
243 I have a mountain of bags that I paid for but never remember to bring them unless it's a large shopping trip. 11/20/2014 7:44 AM
244 I put them in the front passenger seat. 11/20/2014 7:17 AM
245 I always forget and am forced to buy paper. 11/20/2014 6:50 AM
246 Keep them in my car and go get them after I see the sign on the store door reminding me. 11/20/2014 6:23 AM
247 They always stay in my car 11/20/2014 6:03 AM
248 Weekly 11/20/2014 2:05 AM
249 I don't. If I have one, great. But not all shopping is grocery related and I won't bring ugly hippie bags into nice 11/20/2014 12:26 AM shops.
250 I have to keep a couple bags in my purse I HATE THIS!!! 11/19/2014 11:16 PM
251 I sometime don't and have to go back and get them 11/19/2014 11:03 PM
252 Put them back in the car after unloading 11/19/2014 10:17 PM
253 I have to put them back in the car when I unload them right away or I'll forget them. So, they just sit in my back 11/19/2014 10:13 PM seat until I got to the store again.
254 I forget half the time 11/19/2014 10:12 PM
255 I keep a set of bags in my car and toss them in my purse before I go into the store. 11/19/2014 10:10 PM
256 Store in my car truck. Sometimes on the passenger seat. 11/19/2014 10:08 PM
257 Put on front passenger seat in car 11/19/2014 9:59 PM
258 I leave them by my front door and at some point remember to put them in my car. If I forget them while in the 11/19/2014 9:45 PM store I leave my cart and run out and grab them from my car.
259 After I unload groceries, I put the bags into 1 main bag and put them back into my car. 11/19/2014 9:43 PM
260 Leave them in my car 11/19/2014 9:30 PM
261 I don't. I always forget. 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
262 Usually when asked if I want a bag I remember they are in my car 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
263 I don't I have to go back to the car and get them. 11/19/2014 8:58 PM
264 If I forget them I either buy a paper bag or put them all back into the cart, and pack em up when I get home. 11/19/2014 8:52 PM
265 Almost always forget 11/19/2014 8:46 PM
266 Leave them in the car 11/19/2014 8:43 PM
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267 I forget! 11/19/2014 8:41 PM
268 Put them back in my car after I unload the groceries. 11/19/2014 8:38 PM
269 I just keep them in the trunk of my car which is fine for the grocery store but I often forget when I go to the mall. 11/19/2014 8:37 PM
270 Keep a stash in my trunk and a folded one in my purse 11/19/2014 8:27 PM
271 It is too hard to remember. I am a buzy working mom. So i usually pay. 11/19/2014 8:26 PM
272 I keep a few small ones iin my purse. 11/19/2014 8:15 PM
273 I sometimes forget them and pay the paper bag fee. 11/19/2014 8:06 PM
274 Try and keep them in the vehicles 11/19/2014 8:05 PM
275 Keep them in the car 11/19/2014 7:59 PM
276 It is a constant struggle - I forget the a lot of the time. 11/19/2014 7:46 PM
277 I leave them in my car 11/19/2014 7:46 PM
278 I leave them in the car and am just in the habit of remembering. I also have a fold up one in my purse if I just 11/19/2014 7:33 PM have a small purchase.
279 Return the bags to my car after I unload groceries. 11/19/2014 7:30 PM
280 I have to leave them in my car. But even then I still often forget to bring them with me or I take the other car. It is 11/19/2014 7:22 PM not convenient.
281 Try to keep some in my car 11/19/2014 7:16 PM
282 Try to keep them in the car when not in use 11/19/2014 6:23 PM
283 Just try to remember. Make it a habit. 11/19/2014 5:51 PM
284 Place in vehicle 11/19/2014 5:43 PM
285 n/a 11/19/2014 4:52 PM
286 Keep them in the car 11/19/2014 2:47 PM
287 I always forget them in the car or at home. 11/19/2014 2:33 PM
288 I have many in the trunk of my car for grocery purchases. I keep one smaller fold up type in the front area of my 11/19/2014 2:11 PM car.
289 Near pantry 11/19/2014 12:38 PM
290 Just leave them in the car- or just carry my stuff out without bag 11/19/2014 11:48 AM
291 Leave them in the car. 11/19/2014 10:24 AM
292 I have many of them and just stock our cars with them. 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
293 Keep in car 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
294 I make my shopping list and tuck it into my bags with my purse and grab it all as I go out the door. I place the bag 11/19/2014 9:35 AM on the passenger seat o as not to forget to take it inside the store. I've now been doing this for going on 8 years. I don't forget.
295 See # 4; I have several reusable bags in the car on the front passenger's seat, but even then I often forget to take 11/19/2014 9:25 AM one into the store.
296 After unloading in the house, I put them in a special place that reminds me to return them to the car. I have a "bag 11/19/2014 9:20 AM full of bags" that I leave in the car.
297 I usually have them in the car but still forget and leave them in the car and sometimes I forget and leave them at 11/19/2014 8:55 AM home.
298 keep in car 11/19/2014 8:38 AM
299 I'm having trouble remembering to take them into the store. 11/19/2014 7:55 AM
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300 Keep them in my car 11/19/2014 7:24 AM
301 Try to always leave a couple in the car and near the garage door. Have made it a habit. 11/19/2014 6:54 AM
302 I keep some in my purse. 11/19/2014 4:07 AM
303 I've just gotten better at making it a habit. 11/19/2014 12:40 AM
304 Leave them in the car or bicycle. 11/18/2014 11:50 PM
305 Try to keep them in my car at all times. 11/18/2014 10:53 PM
306 I keep them in the car. 11/18/2014 10:32 PM
307 I put them in my passenger seat. 11/18/2014 10:15 PM
308 Leave them I the car. 11/18/2014 10:07 PM
309 Always forget them. 11/18/2014 10:00 PM
310 By returning to my car to get a bag. Pain in the B---! 11/18/2014 9:58 PM
311 Leave them in the car 11/18/2014 9:05 PM
312 Always leave them in my truck and try to put at least one on the front seat so I remember to grab the rest 11/18/2014 8:44 PM
313 I forget most of the time 11/18/2014 8:28 PM
314 Leave one in my car just in case 11/18/2014 8:23 PM
315 I keep them in the seat pocket on the back of my driver's side car seat. Handy to grab and easy to see. 11/18/2014 8:21 PM
316 Keep a couple in the car always 11/18/2014 8:16 PM
317 I keep them in my car. 11/18/2014 8:13 PM
318 They are always in the car 11/18/2014 8:00 PM
319 I always forget, so I am forced to buy a paper bag which isn't any better for the environment. 11/18/2014 7:55 PM
320 I put them back in my car after I put my groceries away. I also don't throw a fit over five cents if I forget. 11/18/2014 7:35 PM
321 We store them in the car. 11/18/2014 7:13 PM
322 Forgot them many times - now I just remember. 11/18/2014 7:07 PM
323 I keep them in the car. At the grocery store I normally remember to take them in. At other stores I don't always 11/18/2014 6:59 PM remember.
324 I keep them in my car. Once I put my groceries away, I put the bags next to my door so that I remember to put 11/18/2014 6:58 PM them in my car when I leave.
325 If I knew that I wouldn't be buying bags. 11/18/2014 6:56 PM
326 put them on front seat of my car with my shopping list 11/18/2014 6:51 PM
327 I keep them in the car or by the front door. Still I often forget. But that's OK because I like having the paper bags 11/18/2014 6:45 PM for other uses at home.
328 They "live" in a basket in the back of the car. When I unpack them, I put them on the counter in a spot by the door 11/18/2014 6:45 PM to remind myself to take them back out to the car.
329 They stay in my car. I do forget sometimes at places other than grocery stores! 11/18/2014 6:27 PM
330 At first it took a bit, usually just noticing others with them. Now its habit. The hard part is remembering to put 11/18/2014 6:24 PM them back in my car after I get home.
331 I keep them in my car and know there aren't bags in the store 11/18/2014 6:23 PM
332 I always have a couple in my backpack. 11/18/2014 6:21 PM
333 They live in the side pockets of the car so are easy to grab. 11/18/2014 5:50 PM
334 I still use my plastic bags more often than not. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
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335 I always forget 11/18/2014 5:27 PM
336 We have them in our car, if I forget, then I make myself carry everything out without a bag to force myself to 11/18/2014 5:27 PM remember. Now it's getting pretty automatic to just take in a bag or 3 when I go into the store.
337 I don't 11/18/2014 5:24 PM
338 I keep them on the kitchen counter, but still I forget about 75% of the time to take them with me. This is the first 11/18/2014 5:12 PM time in all my years of living in different cities in Washington state that I am forced to use either a reusable bag or pay extra for the paper ones.
339 That's a problem. If I forget I usually purchase the paper bags or carry the groceries to my car in the cart and then 11/18/2014 5:10 PM bag them.
340 Keep them in car ready to use when shopping 11/18/2014 5:04 PM
341 I have a case in my car. 11/18/2014 5:00 PM
342 I just hope I remember 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
343 keep them by the door 11/18/2014 4:48 PM
344 I've forgotten many times but try to leave the reusable bags by the front door to take back out to my car after use. 11/18/2014 4:47 PM
345 I don't remember 11/18/2014 4:45 PM
346 they are left in the car 11/18/2014 4:42 PM
347 I keep them in the car. 11/18/2014 4:41 PM
348 I forget - it is too difficult when in a wheelchair with a service animal - and in this climate paper does not workers 11/18/2014 1:39 PM
349 Keep them in my car, it's become more of a habit now. 11/18/2014 1:26 PM
350 They are already in my truck. 11/18/2014 12:54 PM
351 It's habit at this point 11/18/2014 11:31 AM
352 I Only shop at stores that use plastic bags 11/17/2014 9:27 PM
353 I often forget or just run into the store for one item and then end up buying more and have to pay the paper bag 11/17/2014 8:46 PM fee.
354 The anger I feel about this law keeps me constantly aware that I now hate shopping in Thurston County . . . So, I 11/17/2014 8:11 PM remember to keep reusing my plastic bags.
355 I keep old plastic garbage bags in my car trunk for a variety of uses, and now occasionally use them in the store 11/17/2014 8:01 PM to carry out groceries.
356 keep them on the front seat of the car 11/17/2014 7:02 PM
357 Put them in the front passenger seat of the car 11/17/2014 6:38 PM
358 I forget them frequently. 11/17/2014 6:12 PM
359 I don't 11/17/2014 5:28 PM
360 We keep our reusable bags in our car. 11/17/2014 3:53 PM
361 I return them to my car after emptying them. 11/17/2014 3:51 PM
362 I leave them in a corner of the kitchen where I leave my purse and move them to my car whenever I take it. In the 11/17/2014 3:24 PM car the bags lay in the passenger seat.
363 I take out to the car and put in the bags since I forget to take the bags in 11/17/2014 3:12 PM
364 i go back to car to get what I need. 11/17/2014 3:07 PM
365 I leave them in the car. 11/17/2014 9:25 AM
366 keep the bags in the cars. 11/16/2014 6:04 PM
367 I never remember 11/16/2014 5:48 PM
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368 I keep a reusable bag in the back seat of the car but invariably forget to take it in the store. 11/16/2014 4:48 PM
369 I keep half of them in my car and half of them hanging on the door knob by the garage when I go out of the house 11/16/2014 3:46 PM so I remember to grab them.
370 I always keep two (or more) bags in my car. 11/16/2014 1:56 PM
371 I usually forger to bring my own reusable bags because I do most my grocery shopping at Mchord/Ft Lewis and 11/16/2014 12:30 PM they still use plastic bags. I also shop at Costco and they have only boxes, no bags. I would prefer that Thurston county would lift the ban on plastic bags and find a way to extract the oil from all plastic bags. The technology to this is out. Check it out.
372 Keep them in trunk 11/16/2014 11:35 AM
373 I leave them in a container in my trunk and have some in the back seat of my car at all times. 11/16/2014 9:33 AM
374 I usually forget. If I see someone else taking them in, I may remember. 11/16/2014 8:39 AM
375 I always put them back in the car. 11/16/2014 7:29 AM
376 keep them on the front seat of the car 11/16/2014 2:51 AM
377 I try to keep them in my car. But I still forget them sometimes. 11/15/2014 5:02 PM
378 i put them in the front seat of the car 11/15/2014 10:48 AM
379 Keep them in the car 11/15/2014 9:48 AM
380 keep them in my car door, or attach a small bag that stuffs into itself in my purse or backpack 11/15/2014 8:46 AM
381 Not often enough to make buying them worth it. 11/15/2014 8:09 AM
382 Put them in my car. ...? 11/15/2014 1:31 AM
383 Some times I remember and sometimes I don't. 11/14/2014 8:06 PM
384 I'm still trying to remember them 11/14/2014 6:57 PM
385 I carry them in my purse. The small ones that are compact and fold up to the size of a stack of cards. 11/14/2014 3:42 PM
386 I ALWAYS forget them. 11/14/2014 12:05 PM
387 All the freaking time. And I rarely ever remember to bring them. 11/14/2014 10:42 AM
388 Keep them in the front seat 11/14/2014 9:50 AM
389 leave them in the car 11/14/2014 9:44 AM
390 I try to put them back into car, but I do forget. 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
391 Keep them in the vehicle, however many times I forget and I hand carry my things out. 11/14/2014 6:36 AM
392 I often forget to bring them. 11/14/2014 5:42 AM
393 I dont, i just use my hands or a cart to get things to my car 11/14/2014 2:28 AM
394 I don't! I end up paying for paper bags! 11/13/2014 11:52 PM
395 Keep them in my car door 11/13/2014 11:42 PM
396 I place them in the front seat with my purse 11/13/2014 11:20 PM
397 I don't, I forget them in my car. 11/13/2014 11:18 PM
398 I keep buying reusable bags but forget to bring them. I will make the trip to chehalis to do my grocery shopping so 11/13/2014 11:13 PM I don't have to hassle with the bag thing!
399 I always forget. 11/13/2014 11:03 PM
400 Everyday 11/13/2014 10:57 PM
401 I either set them on my purse to put in the front seat of my cat with me or I have some in the car. On the times I 11/13/2014 10:50 PM forget to take them out of the car, typcially the signs at the grocery store remind me.
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402 I forget them about 40% of the time 11/13/2014 10:29 PM
403 I always forget them, even though they are in my car. I have thought of wearing a bracelet to remind myself to 11/13/2014 10:18 PM get the bags! :-)
404 i have them in my tunk.... but never remember to take them in the store 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
405 I keep them in the car 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
406 Hang them by the front door to remind me to take it to the car. 11/13/2014 9:00 PM
407 Keep them in the trunk. 11/13/2014 8:22 PM
408 Leave them in plain sight in the back seat of vehicle. 11/13/2014 8:19 PM
409 I always forget 11/13/2014 7:51 PM
410 I own reusable but get tired of cleaning them out especially after carrying raw meat. 11/13/2014 7:37 PM
411 I put them back in my car after I unload them and then if I forget to take them into the store I just take my cart 11/13/2014 7:30 PM outside with the groceries in them and load the bags at my car.
412 Have to keep some in front seat of car - I'll forget if they are in back seat. Getting better remembering for grocery 11/13/2014 7:23 PM stores but not other type of stores.
413 I have reusable bags but I almost always forget them 11/13/2014 7:17 PM
414 I keep one in my purse. The grocery ones have become a habit 11/13/2014 7:16 PM
415 They fold up and I keep them in my bag. Or clipped onto my keys. 11/13/2014 7:11 PM
416 I keep them in my car. If not I am ok with purchasing a paper bag once in awhile. 11/13/2014 7:10 PM
417 I bought some but forget them ALL THE TIME!!! 11/13/2014 7:09 PM
418 I ALWAYS FORGET 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
419 I keep them in my car. 11/13/2014 7:01 PM
420 i don't. That's why I carry it out with my hands! 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
421 I often forget 11/13/2014 6:58 PM
422 I always forget the two bags I have 11/13/2014 6:52 PM
423 Sometimes I forget. Then I get upset! I usually keep the bags in the trunk. But I have to remember to move them 11/13/2014 6:40 PM to the passenger seat in an attempt to not forget them.
424 I just keep a whole bunch of them and rotate them in the house and car 11/13/2014 6:40 PM
425 Keep them in the front seat of my car. 11/13/2014 6:33 PM
426 I have some but I usually forget them and have to get the paper bags 11/13/2014 6:31 PM
427 By memory. It's part of shopping like having a list or knowing what you are there to buy. I have to remember my 11/13/2014 6:31 PM wallet or money or else I dont get the items so you just do it. If I forget then I purchase a paper bag.
428 Leave them in the car. 11/13/2014 6:10 PM
429 Random....the clerks don't know how to put groceries in reusable bags. They just over fill them. No system to 11/13/2014 6:05 PM what goes on the bottom or top
430 Keep in car or by the front door. 11/13/2014 6:02 PM
431 see question 4 11/13/2014 5:50 PM
432 I dont.. I never remember. 11/13/2014 5:41 PM
433 By putting my wallet in the trunk. 11/13/2014 5:31 PM
434 I leave them in my car and write "bring bags" at the top of my shopping list. 11/13/2014 5:23 PM
435 I leave them in my car, though I usually forget to take them in the store. 11/13/2014 5:05 PM
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436 I have some but either forget them at home or in the car. 11/13/2014 5:01 PM
437 I keep them in the trunk of my car. 11/13/2014 5:01 PM
438 I keep them in my car and make a habit of putting them by the door to take to my car once I unload them. 11/13/2014 4:56 PM
439 Always forgetting them! Along with MOST shoppers by me! 11/13/2014 4:43 PM
440 After you forget a few times it finally sinks in 11/13/2014 4:31 PM
441 I usually forget them. But I have about 6 of them. 11/13/2014 4:19 PM
442 That's a tricky one, I do forget a lot! I try to set them by the front door after unloading groceries in hopes that I 11/13/2014 4:09 PM remember to take them back out to the car.
443 I keep them in the car, but still generally forget them so have to make sure I don't buy more than i can carry out in 11/13/2014 4:05 PM my hands or pile it all in the cart. I'm not paying for a bag.
444 Always keep them in my car. 11/13/2014 4:04 PM
445 Hang them on my door knob, so I remember to put them back in my car. 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
446 I leave them in my car, but sometimes I forget to take them in so I just carry things out. Or I buy a paper bag. 11/13/2014 3:51 PM
447 Keep them in the front seat of the car. 11/13/2014 3:37 PM
448 I don't always remember 11/13/2014 3:30 PM
449 I can't remember People that bring in there own bags are unsanitary those bags have dog cat hair old meat 11/13/2014 3:25 PM drippings and they place themin the carts and on the counters to contaminated the next Custer and small children
450 I never remember and endup buying paper 11/13/2014 3:20 PM
451 Keep them in my car. 11/13/2014 3:13 PM
452 I forget them 11/13/2014 3:09 PM
453 Always have them in the car 11/13/2014 3:04 PM
454 I keep a large supply in my car. I plan ahead. 11/13/2014 3:00 PM
455 Its hard to remember but sometimes do. 11/13/2014 2:59 PM
456 Started years ago and now never forget. Take them in all stores. 11/13/2014 2:56 PM
457 I keep them in the front seat, but even that doesn't always work. I sometimes end up paying for the paper bags. 11/13/2014 2:53 PM
458 Keep them in my car. 11/13/2014 2:50 PM
459 I keep them in the car. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM
460 It has become a habit. If I forget, I also carry a small bag in my purse. 11/13/2014 2:37 PM
461 I just put them in my trunk as soon as I'm done unloading groceries. 11/13/2014 2:34 PM
462 I keep a bunch in my car and have one that condenses into a small pouch that I keep in my purse 11/13/2014 2:32 PM
463 Good question! I always keep some in my car. I've just developed a habit over the years. 11/13/2014 2:32 PM
464 I usually forget them. 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
465 I leave them in my car. 11/13/2014 2:30 PM
466 I often forget and it's so annoying.. Last thing on my mind after getting me 3 kids including a child in a wheelchair 11/13/2014 2:26 PM out of the car is my reusable bags!
467 That's the problem. Forget them 11/10/2014 1:02 PM
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Q6 If you use reusable bags, about how often do you wash them?
Answered: 578 Skipped: 42
Every time I shop
Weekly
Every other week
Monthly
Less than monthly
I do not wash my reusable...
I do not use reusable bags
Other (please specify)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Answer Choices Responses
Every time I shop 1.38% 8
Weekly 1.21% 7
Every other week 0.87% 5
Monthly 7.44% 43
Less than monthly 13.67% 79
I do not wash my reusable bags 55.36% 320
I do not use reusable bags 10.90% 63
Other (please specify) 9.17% 53
Total 578
# Other (please specify) Date
1 When they get a smell or get dirty. I used to wash them almost weekly b/c of that but I have a personal program 1/22/2015 6:54 PM that reduces that amount of times I wash them. I think the last time I washed any were probably two months ago or so...notably I don't wash the cooler bags due to the inner material, though I'll wipe them down with a washcloth, as needed.
2 As needed. 1/19/2015 12:54 PM
3 Once every couple of months, depending on how dirty they are. 1/19/2015 9:26 AM
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4 Monthly - (I bring a plastic bag for my meats to keep my bags cleaner) 1/11/2015 10:55 PM
5 Cloth- when they look dirty. Other bags, don't wash. 1/7/2015 8:05 PM
6 never have 1/7/2015 2:19 PM
7 When the need arises 1/5/2015 11:06 AM
8 When they need it 1/3/2015 11:42 AM
9 Mine are plastic bases 1/2/2015 7:45 PM
10 When ever 1/2/2015 4:21 PM
11 It's been my experience that reusable bags either do not wash well nor dies washing kill all of the harmful 1/2/2015 12:19 PM bacteria from bloody meats or any other leaking hazzards
12 when needed 1/1/2015 12:41 PM
13 I use old plastic bags and use produce bags lot 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
14 Sounds like this is not too healthy doesn't it !!!!! Never 1/1/2015 6:38 AM
15 You know that washing them takes more resources than making a new plastic or paper bag would, right? 12/29/2014 11:21 AM
16 most of the type provided by stores are not washing machine friendly. so I have to soak in sink where they get 12/16/2014 7:03 PM dirty. I would wash regularly if they could go into washing machine.
17 Whenever I purchase groceries 12/16/2014 4:42 AM
18 I toss them...they are not as strong after laundering 12/14/2014 2:35 PM
19 most are not washable 12/8/2014 6:35 PM
20 We use plastic bags 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
21 I do not wash them because they fall apart if washed and I refuse to pay for bags. 12/1/2014 4:23 PM
22 i use paper in plastic till not usable and through out. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
23 I have separate plastic lined bags for meats. Occasionally I wash the fabric bags. 11/22/2014 9:47 PM
24 i hardly use them bit i wash them often 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
25 when they need it. i don't shop every week; only shop for myself 11/22/2014 2:00 PM
26 Not washable 11/21/2014 10:43 AM
27 When needed. 11/21/2014 6:28 AM
28 I'll wash them as needed 11/20/2014 3:01 PM
29 I throw them out if older, they take up too much room. 11/20/2014 12:26 AM
30 i throw them away when they get dirty. 11/19/2014 8:38 PM
31 I NEVER remember to bring any highly disease infested bags with me. If you wash 90% of the bags out there 11/19/2014 8:12 PM you will destroy them and/ or weaken them so badly that they fall apart with ANY weight in them AND EVERYTHING that WAS in the bag ends up on the GROUND!!!!
32 when needed 11/18/2014 10:32 PM
33 When I see the need. 11/18/2014 6:59 PM
34 I wash them every once in a while. Not often enough. I'm concerned about bacteria, especially if I use them at the 11/18/2014 6:45 PM farmers market.
35 If they get dirty. The first reusable bags I bought were not durable enough to wash! 11/18/2014 6:21 PM
36 I still use my plastic bags, only occasionally using a reusable. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
37 I don't I have used them maybe twice. 11/18/2014 5:27 PM
38 I need to start disinfecting thpem 11/18/2014 5:04 PM
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39 I have them, almost everytime forget them in the car. 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
40 I have no way to wash the few I have 11/18/2014 1:39 PM
41 I didn't know to wash them. 11/17/2014 9:25 AM
42 Depends on what has been in there and if I consider them dirty. 11/16/2014 3:46 PM
43 when they are dirty 11/16/2014 2:51 AM
44 When I think they need it 11/15/2014 10:48 AM
45 every few uses 11/15/2014 8:46 AM
46 when they are dirty 11/15/2014 8:09 AM
47 I can tell you the majority do not wash them.cat pee on them. mold. animal hair and even human urine on them. 11/14/2014 6:37 AM they are a health hazard for cashiers.
48 If something spills in them. Otherwise I don't wash them. 11/13/2014 7:10 PM
49 haven't used them yet... 11/13/2014 5:01 PM
50 At least monthly, but more often is something gets spilled inside. 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
51 i only wash the cloth ones (others are tarp.material) if someth is.spilled in them 11/13/2014 3:04 PM
52 They are fabric and don't need to be washed. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM
53 i do not wash because they are not meant to go in washing machine 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
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Q7 I have noticed the following changes since the bag ordinances took effect. Check all that apply.
Answered: 570 Skipped: 50
Fewer plastic bags on the...
More customers bringing the...
Customers using fewer...
I've become more aware o...
Other (please specify)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Answer Choices Responses
Fewer plastic bags on the sides of the roads. 16.67% 95
More customers bringing their own reusable bags for shopping. 62.46% 356
Customers using fewer plastic bags in jurisdictions where they are not banned. 5.26% 30
I've become more aware of my plastics use and am trying to reduce it. 17.19% 98
Other (please specify) 42.81% 244
Total Respondents: 570
# Other (please specify) Date
1 Total BS. 1/23/2015 2:19 PM
2 When the ordinance initially took effect, I noticed people were preserved to take groceries out by hand, even if 1/22/2015 6:54 PM there were a lot of them! Now I notice more people carry their own bags (I'm not one of the few doing this anymore!), or buy the brown paper bags. I've only ever seen one person get angry, and I think that person might not have been a resident in Thurston County--they were shocked at having to pay for a bag (this instance happened one month ago at the Big 5 in West Olympia). Other than that, people seem to have adjusted quite smoothly to this.
3 I notice a lot of people don't want to pay the 5 cents per paper bag or bring their own bag, so they put their items 1/21/2015 1:05 PM back in the shopping cart after paying, and wheel them out to their cars. It seems like there could be more stealing this way because how would you know if the items were paid for or not. It would be a good opportunity for thieves to steal without being noticed.
4 I always forget then have to pay 1/20/2015 10:08 PM
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5 The people who grumbled at first don't grumble about it anymore. 1/13/2015 2:16 PM
6 More homeless people with holey shoes unable to keep warm and dry in the winter. 1/12/2015 10:15 PM
7 A lot of people are upset about it 1/9/2015 5:46 PM
8 I have noticed that it is less convenient for me to carry things from a store to my car. Paper bags don't have 1/9/2015 3:04 PM handles and rip easily. Plastic bags are stronger, have handles, and stretch before they rip. I have also noticed that I have to buy plastic garbage bags instead of using the ones I brought my groceries home in for garbage bags. So - the same amount of plastic bags are going into the trash can each week, except now they are getting used only once, it's less convenient, and it costs more money. This was a stupid idea and never should have happened.
9 I have heard from retailers that they have a problem with more shoplifting than before. 1/9/2015 7:38 AM
10 No change 1/8/2015 8:52 PM
11 more customers upset with the purchase while I stand in line to pay. If we are required to use reusable or paper 1/8/2015 9:34 AM bags they should be free.
12 No plastic bags to use as liners for bathroom garbage cans:) 1/8/2015 8:20 AM
13 People complain they have to bring bags or pay for them. They also complain they don't have plastic bags for 1/8/2015 6:10 AM other uses such as for holding shoes in luggage, carrying donations to charities, food go the food bank, etc....
14 Both customers and employees are frustrated and upset. Check out lines are longer. 1/7/2015 7:33 PM
15 None of the above 1/7/2015 5:59 PM
16 This is another government deal, EBT gets it free and they get better food than those who work and pay for it. 1/7/2015 2:19 PM What a big money take/give away.
17 Now i see reusable bags alot on the side of the road. 1/6/2015 1:47 PM
18 More people hate government over reach 1/6/2015 6:51 AM
19 The constant annoyance of paying for reusable or paper bags and buying small garbage bags to pick up after my 1/5/2015 8:30 PM dog.
20 I travel to Pierce County quite often and now notice how many plastic bags are littered on the streets. Just look on 1/5/2015 8:09 PM the freeway ny JBLM's main gate.
21 It takes a lot longer to get through the check out line. 1/5/2015 8:57 AM
22 No changes 1/5/2015 8:36 AM
23 I have noticed that there is no change in the amount of plastic bags that I see at the sides of roads. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
24 I have noticed that there is no change in the amount of plastic bags that I see at the sides of roads. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
25 People just pay the cost for the paper bags. 1/4/2015 12:53 PM
26 Frustration 1/4/2015 7:41 AM
27 bullshit 1/3/2015 7:29 PM
28 It is acceptable behavior now 1/3/2015 11:42 AM
29 When using reusable bags there is usually the need to help the cashier bag my groceries or do it myself to avoid 1/3/2015 8:16 AM holding up the line. I think that the variation of reusable bag styles presents a challenge to the cashier to bag the groceries quickly.
30 My car is cluttered by having to carry around many large bulky bags 1/3/2015 7:25 AM
31 I'm more frustrated going to the store. 1/3/2015 12:22 AM
32 i leave my groceries in my var because they are not in bags. 1/2/2015 11:29 PM
33 More theft bc ppl are able to walk out 1/2/2015 11:04 PM
34 More people using brown bags that hurt trees. I can see where this makes sense. Plus I LOVE paying for the EBT 1/2/2015 7:45 PM people who are too lazy to use reusable bags. Thanks for that!
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35 People carrying items out in their hands 1/2/2015 7:41 PM
36 I've notice none of the above, only agitation at forgetting the reusable store bags 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
37 None - people still get the plastic and paper bags. 1/2/2015 6:38 PM
38 I do as much shopping in Lewis county as I can. I actually use the plastic bags. 1/2/2015 6:26 PM
39 None of the above. 1/2/2015 5:48 PM
40 lots of mumbling and grumbling! 1/2/2015 4:21 PM
41 More irate customers and clerks and ridicule by friends and relatives living in neighboring counties. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
42 It is a genuine nuisance! 1/2/2015 11:16 AM
43 Increased number of groceries spilled from torn paper bags AND irritated consumers! 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
44 Lots of irratated customers. In fact I do not recall getting to vote for this! 1/2/2015 9:50 AM
45 I see fewer bags by the lakes or ocean. 1/2/2015 9:44 AM
46 Many people hand carrying purchases and complaining there was no vote on the issue and voters must fight to 1/2/2015 9:11 AM remove those from county government who passed this nonsense...
47 None other than folks having to hand carry goods as if stolen. If not state wide...Useless...and now have to buy 1/2/2015 8:54 AM plastic gbage bags.
48 I don't have as many to return to the store for recycling. 1/2/2015 8:03 AM
49 None 1/2/2015 7:12 AM
50 I am more angry with big government telling me what to do! 1/2/2015 7:11 AM
51 1. I used to think that governments were trying their best to improve the local community based on information 1/1/2015 11:39 PM and research that they have that I might not. This ban is a continued reminder of how they have not fully researched the situation and alternatives (such as plastic bags like the ones Mega Foods had that naturally break down ). This example of how they make discussions that are not fully informed makes me think less of my local government. 2. While standing in line at the store, I have heard from other consumers that they buy less so less money is going into the local economy. I know that I have cut back on impulse buys--If I can't carry it in my hands, I guess that the store does not need me to buy it. 3. In the past, I was interested in recycling. Policies such as the bag law, which make in a burden or inconvenience, make me resent green efforts and initiatives.
52 Slower lines with people trying to cradle the items and complaining about the ban 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
53 My stress level increased as I continually forget to take reusable bags into the store with me. Especially for small 1/1/2015 9:46 PM purchases. And, it takes longer to check out of a store due to the increased time needed to bag purchases.
54 none 1/1/2015 7:24 PM
55 People don't use plastic bags because they are banned and simply not available. 1/1/2015 6:17 PM
56 I shop a lot less at stores that do not provide bags. I only buy what will fit in on reusable bag and then stop there. 1/1/2015 5:17 PM
57 More reusable bags on the sides of the roads. 1/1/2015 5:06 PM
58 Angry customers 1/1/2015 12:41 PM
59 More aggravation from customers 1/1/2015 11:15 AM
60 No changes have been seen. 1/1/2015 10:29 AM
61 Nothing except what an inconvenience it is to not be able to get a bag at the store without incurring a 5 cent per 1/1/2015 10:18 AM bag charge.
62 Customers vocalizing their opinion regarding the removal of plastic bags and how we should have been able to 1/1/2015 9:56 AM vote on the issue. I guess we did because we got rid of Commissioner Valensuela. Wolfe is next : )
63 People having to carry their purchases with out bags of any kind 1/1/2015 9:45 AM
64 I've noticed how much longer everything takes. That the baggers don't give a crap and will badly stuff my things 1/1/2015 8:18 AM in the bags. They even broke my eggs, put my bananas on the bottom of other things. They have also put meat with my fruits and veg.
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65 just more irritated people at the check out lines who forgot their forever bags - 1/1/2015 8:02 AM
66 I have never seen plastic bags along the sides of roads, EVER!!! 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
67 Sure glad the one out spoken liberal county commissioner with all these stupid ideas got voted out !!!!!!! 1/1/2015 6:38 AM
68 People still refuse to buy them 1/1/2015 12:53 AM
69 I've noticed more people having to purchase paper bags because they forget to take their reusable bags into the 12/31/2014 4:34 PM store
70 I notice I have to pay for a bag that use to be free 12/31/2014 1:09 PM
71 Incumbent county commissioner removed from office. 12/29/2014 11:21 AM
72 That I don't have plastic bags to use at home and carry my lunch in. 12/22/2014 2:03 PM
73 Complaints about the ordinance from customers and retailers 12/21/2014 12:47 PM
74 More complaints about the ban 12/19/2014 9:40 AM
75 I am often angry about this ordinance when I'm at the check stand. 12/18/2014 10:22 PM
76 More people paying for paper bags which are better for the environment. 12/18/2014 10:08 PM
77 I think everyone who doesn't want to use plastic bags should bring their own and let those of us who wish to use 12/18/2014 7:34 PM plastic bags, have our choice. I'm sick of government being too controlling, too powerful and too intrusive.
78 It's inconvenient and BLOWS! 12/18/2014 7:11 PM
79 NA 12/18/2014 4:15 PM
80 More people appear to be shoplifting, as people carry armloads of goods out of stores without bags. Store 12/16/2014 10:40 PM security appears to be on high alert at most stores. Shoppers appear to be buying less goods to deal with the inconvenience.
81 More customers yelling at store clerks because they don't want to pay for paper bags. 12/15/2014 11:14 PM
82 The only thing I have noticed is people complaining about paying 5 cents for a bag. 12/15/2014 12:15 PM
83 Lines are longer 12/15/2014 8:53 AM
84 People used to use the plastic bags as trash bags at home, and as doggy-poop bags while on walks. Every 12/14/2014 9:54 PM single person I know, and all the customers at the shop I work at, used them for these purposes. Now that the ban is in effect, people STILL have to use plastic bags for garbage, only now instead of reusing grocery bags, they're buying trash bags at the store. I'm just not sure that in this county, where I'm willing to bet the majority of people reused their plastic grocery bags, that this ban has actually been effective in reducing our plastic waste.
85 very annoyed customers and store staff. And, often when I bring my own bag, the checker won't actually bag my 12/14/2014 9:47 PM items any more.
86 Everyone seems unhappy about it at the cash register 12/14/2014 9:45 PM
87 It's a major pain in the ass. 12/14/2014 6:22 PM
88 My supply of bags for my trash cans is running low. 12/14/2014 5:33 PM
89 The only change is the inconvenience of the customer. 12/14/2014 5:25 PM
90 Haven't noticed anything 12/14/2014 4:09 PM
91 Higher theft rate 12/14/2014 3:29 PM
92 No change 12/14/2014 2:45 PM
93 people BUYING bags during checkout!! 12/14/2014 2:35 PM
94 People I've stood in line next to are pissed at this new inconvenience and the fact that we are now charged for 12/14/2014 2:08 PM paper. Hey Commissioners, if the ban was so important, you should have let citizens vote on this issue.
95 I've noticed how much I previously relied on resuing single-use plastic bags to line my bathroom trash cans. My 12/14/2014 1:55 PM daughter's daycare and school also used them for stashing her wet ee-pee accident clothes in her backpack. I find myself saving the single-use bags so I can still use them for both of those purposes.
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96 I do not agree with current policy regarding bags in thurston county. 12/14/2014 1:47 PM
97 Going to the store is more of a Chore and lines take longer 12/14/2014 1:42 PM
98 approach recycling differently ie more and cleaner 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
99 Alot of customers buying paper bags, which still harms environment 12/8/2014 6:35 PM
100 People loading purchased items loosely into their shopping carts 12/8/2014 6:48 AM
101 more confusion and less customer service in stores. slower check out and inconvienience 12/5/2014 7:56 AM
102 People are mad as hell about this law. 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
103 I need to buy plastic bags for my own garbage - formerly I reused all plastic bags for garbage or shopping. 12/1/2014 4:23 PM
104 I haven't noticed any positive changes. Only negative. 12/1/2014 9:24 AM
105 I now have to buy plastic bags for the uses that the grocery plastic bags were for. 11/30/2014 9:24 PM
106 I have only noticed the inconvenience this ordinance has created in our community, and how the stores and 11/30/2014 6:37 PM corporations are benefiting by having to charge us for paper bags.
107 I have not noticed any changes. 11/30/2014 3:25 PM
108 Very frustrated customers. Very frustrated cashiers. Less "one-time use" bags at home for reuse as waste 11/25/2014 2:41 PM basket liners, shell and peeling collectors, clothing storage, ...
109 many customers are inconvenienced, elderly people don't understand and can't carry out the stuff by hand. 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
110 More people shopping outside of Thurston County 11/24/2014 7:34 PM
111 More people carrying items out rather than pay fees. 11/24/2014 7:07 PM
112 A need to now purchase small garbage bags, I no longer have a source of bags to reuse. 11/24/2014 11:36 AM
113 None 11/23/2014 10:03 PM
114 None of the above. I work for the state and many people are angry. It's politics and revenue. 11/23/2014 9:45 PM
115 Retailers are just passing the buck and making consumers pay more. 11/23/2014 5:26 PM
116 More dog poop on the side of the road as people don't have plastic bags to pick up 11/23/2014 12:27 PM
117 I am a fanatic about recycling (not just plastic). Whenever I had/have plastic bags, I use them until they rip. Then I 11/23/2014 12:08 AM recycle them. I also use those same plastic bags for my trash and dog poop. This program is a pain in the ASS. I haven't noticed any less plastic bag litter.
118 Supermarket checkers are not very good at packing reusable bags 11/22/2014 11:28 PM
119 People bitching about no plastic bags 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
120 People complaining that we have to haul these bags around and we still have to purchase bags to put garbage in. 11/22/2014 9:05 AM Most of this takes place at the cash register and the poor staff have to hear the brunt of it. It is not easy for older people to have to carry all of this stuff around just to get to the store. Also the 5 cent fee has not been removed as we never paid directly for it before. Where does this 5 cent fee go???
121 People carrying out groceries in hands. 11/21/2014 11:35 PM
122 What a pain it is to shop without plastic bags. And I no longer have a ready supply to use for dog poop and 11/21/2014 12:16 PM trashcan liners. How hypocritical it is that paper bags were replaced with plastic to protect the environment and now the stores are again selling paper. It bothers me that the county put this into place and now collect a tax on paper bags.
123 The fee for bags does not go to the store, it goes to the county 11/21/2014 8:19 AM
124 I’ve witnessed an unfair burden on people who must now purchase bags to carry their goods when they barely 11/21/2014 8:16 AM have enough money to provide shelter and food for themselves and their families. People have no choice it this unfair burden was imposed in an undemocratic fashion without vote.
125 We clean litter on the side of the road regularly. We have a long way to go but banning plastic bags is a start. 11/21/2014 6:28 AM
126 I try to shop in an area where l can still get the bags l need and want without having to pay for them. 11/20/2014 10:45 PM
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127 Customers are highly inconvenienced on a regular basis. 11/20/2014 7:13 PM
128 That I'm super irritated at how my stuff gets packed like meats and veg together, and by how much longer it 11/20/2014 6:09 PM takes at the checkout.
129 Shortage of plastic bags for reusing. 11/20/2014 5:13 PM
130 I have noticed that people think this ordinance is stupid and needs to be repealed. People reuse plastic bags and 11/20/2014 5:03 PM it is an inconvenience to have to by bag to replace the ones I got at the store.
131 I am irritated every single time I shop and buy less than I would if this law were not in effect. 11/20/2014 4:17 PM
132 I've seen more reusable bags but mainly people just using the paper bags provided at the store & complaining 11/20/2014 3:01 PM about the fee as well as plastic bags not being offered any longer
133 More people are just carrying items 11/20/2014 8:32 AM
134 More people carrying out their purchase in their hands 11/20/2014 8:22 AM
135 I am using paper bags that are only good for one use. I feel I am being wasteful. 11/20/2014 6:50 AM
136 I'm irritated every time I shop and try not to shop in Thurston county. 11/20/2014 12:26 AM
137 Store employees overloading paper bags to the point where they rip and spill groceries. 11/19/2014 10:13 PM
138 Groceries stay where I put them in the car. They don't roll around. 11/19/2014 9:43 PM
139 Nothing different 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
140 Dropped items and choices of what to purchase lessens 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
141 More paper bag use, more complaining and less purchasing due to not having my bags with me. 11/19/2014 8:58 PM
142 The total hassle at the mall buying clothing. Bad idea banning bags and a worse idea making retailers ask 11/19/2014 8:38 PM customers to pay. Already a bad situation for retailers and asking the customer to pay is bad. Retailers should be able to absorb the bag fee. I am sure they would.
143 Not very happy customers. 11/19/2014 8:26 PM
144 Absolutely NO DIFFERENCE at all!!!! 11/19/2014 8:12 PM
145 People carrying groceries and paper bags 11/19/2014 8:05 PM
146 Anger at elected douchebags 11/19/2014 7:34 PM
147 I hate grocery shopping 11/19/2014 7:21 PM
148 I notice when I don't bring my bags more now. 11/19/2014 5:51 PM
149 upset customers in line ahead of me. 11/19/2014 4:52 PM
150 I have to buy plastic garbage sacks for my small trash and now. So I'm not using and LESS plastic since the 11/19/2014 2:33 PM ordinance.
151 Lots of people don't use bags -just putting stuff in carts- 11/19/2014 11:48 AM
152 I am not shopping as much as I used to for our family. This law is harming businesses and is stupid. 11/19/2014 11:25 AM
153 Who's not using reusable bags. 11/19/2014 9:35 AM
154 It is probably too early to notice a significant decline of plastic bag along side the roads, but it does seem that as I 11/19/2014 9:25 AM walk the dog around Tumwater Hill I am see fewer than before July.
155 A heightened use of the store bags we still have saved. I used to give them to various organizations who have to 11/19/2014 9:20 AM distribute items to others in bags.
156 People just carrying items out in their hands and to me this is just not appropriate it is temptation for people to 11/19/2014 8:55 AM walk out without paying the way people are these days.
157 I buy plastic bags for garbage...little bag reduction 11/19/2014 8:38 AM
158 I have fewer plastic bags at my home. 11/19/2014 12:40 AM
159 people getting plastic bags from friends outside our area, since we reuse them for many purposes. 11/18/2014 10:32 PM
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160 Duh more customers using their own reusable bags, what else would they do? 11/18/2014 10:00 PM
161 No noticeable change in behavior. This is a most stupid program. Another intrusion of government in controlling 11/18/2014 9:58 PM our lives ! For What????
162 More customers using reusable bags, because they are forced too. Grocery stores is one thing. All retail stores is 11/18/2014 8:28 PM ridiculous.
163 I've found how often you don't need a bag when making small purchases at various stores. 11/18/2014 8:21 PM
164 Some of the bags people bring into the store look dirty and I am concerned about spreading diseases. 11/18/2014 7:55 PM
165 Clerks that can't pack a bag of groceries. 11/18/2014 6:56 PM
166 I'm surprised how easily people adapted to the change. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
167 I am almost out of the supply of bags I have always reused for kitty litter & for wastebasket liners. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
168 I buy small bags to use for garbage, other than using the plastic bags from the store. 11/18/2014 6:21 PM
169 I don't notice or care what anyone else uses. That is THEIR choice. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
170 People annoyed about the bag ordnance and, gripping about the cost of paper. Takes the cashier longer to pack 11/18/2014 5:27 PM all your groceries.
171 People really pissed off about some dumb ordinance . That should have been voted on . 11/18/2014 5:24 PM
172 I have not noticed any changes. I still use regular 13 gallon or larger plastic garbage bags to dispose of my refuse 11/18/2014 5:12 PM in my weekly-pick-up 32 gallon garbage can, and I use the plastic ones I USED to get at the store for smaller garbage receptacles in my house; so I use a "one-use" bag more than once and they end up in the garbage anyway, NEVER on the side of the road or for any other other purpose.
173 There are a lot of angry shoppers. I see old people struggling to carry loose items in their arms. Check out people 11/18/2014 5:00 PM are rude. When I tried to use the reusable bags they stuffed them so full that they were impossible to lift. Shopping isn't very pleasant anymore unless you go to Tacoma where stores still care about their customers.
174 none 11/18/2014 4:56 PM
175 Irritated about the whole thing. I still use my plastic bags cause they are reusuable! There is probably more 11/18/2014 4:51 PM garbage in the roads and I talk to other customers that always forget their bags to but we are refusing to by the cheap paper bags they provide that ARENT reusable.
176 People walking out of the store with out there purchases in a bag 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
177 None of the above - I have noticed more garbage on the side of the road - due to no plastic bags to put 11/18/2014 1:39 PM vehicle/travel garbage into. Also more animal feces in places that were clean along sidewalks and public places.
178 Pissed off customers yelling at clerks. Thousands of dollars in shopping carts left on the belt cause you have to 11/17/2014 9:27 PM pay for bags when stores are making 500% profit. Clerks that think it is stupid to charge for bags
179 I drop purchases on the floor more often 11/17/2014 9:14 PM
180 I no longer have plastic bags which I reused to pickup my dogs waste. 11/17/2014 8:46 PM
181 I've noticed a lot of people who share my anger and frustration. 11/17/2014 8:11 PM
182 I am having to buy plastic garbage bags for use in my home instead of being able to re-use the "free" plastic bags 11/17/2014 8:01 PM from the store.
183 Taking my reusable bags to other stores (i.e. clothing, book, office supplies). 11/17/2014 6:38 PM
184 None. No changes noticed. 11/17/2014 6:12 PM
185 People really pissed off about some dumb ordinance . That should have been voted on . 11/17/2014 5:28 PM
186 Rude looks from others despite my refusal to buy reusable bags which are disgusting. 11/17/2014 5:19 PM
187 I find many frustrated people in line that they forgot their bags or they have to pay for paper. This ordinance 11/17/2014 4:49 PM needs to be repealed.
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188 A huge inconvenience in not having adequate access to "single use" plastic bags which I use for various other 11/17/2014 4:16 PM things. I probably haven't noticed the increased carbon emissions as a result of this ban since reusable bags take more energy to produce than plastic bags and are usually manufactured in China. They have to be shipped here as well which isn't very efficient. Of course most "single use" plastic bags are made in the US but who cares if we put Americans out of work and send jobs to China because of some feel good environmentalist legislation.
189 It frustrates almost everyone in line, every time, who has to pay extra for bags or has forgotten. 11/17/2014 3:53 PM
190 People loading groceries back into the carts and baskets to take out to their vehicles. A lot of irritated grocery 11/17/2014 3:51 PM shoppers.
191 This law and new tax make as much sense as the slop buckets we tried for a few months in the City of 11/17/2014 3:07 PM (Evergreen State College) Olympia. I tried to return mine and my Mothers (she did not even try that sloppy mess). The city employee would not even take the buckets back for another customer! Such a failure and waste of tax dollars.
192 More frustration at stores and longer lines due to the employees dealing with picky people of what to bag, and 11/17/2014 9:13 AM what not to bag, and so on.
193 All my friends are driving to Centralia to buy groceries and other smalls. Lewis County has not gone nutz! 11/16/2014 2:18 PM
194 not having a free bag at checkout is disappointing. Brining and carrying bags is an inconvenience. I feel it was 11/16/2014 11:35 AM unnecessary.
195 People picking up groceries they are dropping trying to carry them out of the store. Or picking up groceries that 11/16/2014 7:53 AM drop when the paper bag rips. People badgering employees every time I am at a store about having to pay for the paper bags.
196 Lots of complaints 11/15/2014 6:11 PM
197 A rise in theft and angry customers at my place of work. 11/15/2014 8:09 AM
198 People are selfish, stingy and idiotic. 11/15/2014 1:31 AM
199 None 11/14/2014 8:06 PM
200 Annoyed customers 11/14/2014 6:57 PM
201 People bring their old paper bags from other stores. 11/14/2014 6:19 PM
202 The quality of life has been reduced because the convenience of free disposable bags has been legislated out of 11/14/2014 4:19 PM existence.
203 People sharing reusable bags with others that don't have one or don't have enough. 11/14/2014 3:42 PM
204 People are annoyed, they reused the "single use" bags for other things at home 11/14/2014 12:05 PM
205 Customers at the store I work at are just plain angry about it 11/14/2014 10:42 AM
206 I think the ordinance is stupid and am infringement on freedom 11/14/2014 8:55 AM
207 There is no difference anywhere. 11/14/2014 8:55 AM
208 People are still angry about the bag issue. 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
209 Haven't noticed any of these 11/14/2014 6:36 AM
210 More dissent towards the ban. 11/14/2014 5:42 AM
211 More people willing to drive to lewis county to do big grocery shopping. 11/13/2014 11:13 PM
212 I have no plastic bags to use for my lunch, for the small trash cans in my home, or for wet clothes at my son's 11/13/2014 11:03 PM daycare.
213 It seems as though stealing in stores might be easier due to the fact that people normally walk out with carts full 11/13/2014 10:18 PM of items unchecked. Also, cashier's are spending more time trying to bag everyone's items in an acceptable way even though bags are different strengths, shapes, and sizes. Finally, it seems like it might enable the spread of sicknesses more readily due to the fact that unclean bags are presented at the store, cashier's are touching them, and then touching the next customer's items.
214 Nothing. 11/13/2014 9:03 PM
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215 People carrying their groceries to the car in the cart, unbagged 11/13/2014 9:00 PM
216 Nothing difference, more people buying paper bags 11/13/2014 8:12 PM
217 People get frustrated with the retailer because we are now paying for bags that used to be free. Fyi trees are a 11/13/2014 7:37 PM renewable resource. Thinning trees is actually good for a forest.
218 little to no change 11/13/2014 7:17 PM
219 Upset shoppers that forgot their paper/reusable bags and have to buy paper again. 11/13/2014 7:11 PM
220 I wish this happened everywhere! 11/13/2014 7:10 PM
221 Takes longer for staff to bag up groceries, seems super unsanitary and paper bags suck!! they break in the rain!!! 11/13/2014 7:09 PM and its WASHINGTON. and I always reuse plastic bags so they weren't wasted!!!
222 Angry shoppers and irritated employees. Everyone seems less friendly and happy 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
223 I have noticed people growing more frustrated with idiots passing laws that take away something so functional 11/13/2014 7:00 PM that can be used many more times for many other things.
224 It costs me more to shop locally so I now send my husband a shopping list for him to buy our groceries on base 11/13/2014 6:52 PM before he comes home. Why pay more to shop locally
225 I haven't noticed a difference. 11/13/2014 6:46 PM
226 People are cheap and unaware. How did they not know this was happening? 11/13/2014 6:10 PM
227 None.i hear A lot of complaints when ask if they want to buy a paper bag. 11/13/2014 6:05 PM
228 More customers carrying out goods in their hands! Including myself :) 11/13/2014 6:02 PM
229 Just more angry people having to deal with it. We used every plastic bag for other purposes.. now we have to 11/13/2014 5:41 PM buy plastic bags for other purposes...
230 More people just throwing stuff back in their carts because they forgot the stupid bags. 11/13/2014 5:32 PM
231 Nothing noticed, just irritation from fellow shoppers, more shoplifting (as told by some retailers at the mall/multi 11/13/2014 4:43 PM service stores), and a new charge to my wallet
232 I've noticed how long it takes to check out now, whether self-help or cashier. 11/13/2014 4:05 PM
233 We all survived without undue hardship! 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
234 People not using bags at all. 11/13/2014 3:52 PM
235 No plastic bags at checkout. Paying for paper. 11/13/2014 3:51 PM
236 More people juggling their food in their hands trying to make it to their car. Looking completely inconvenienced. 11/13/2014 3:36 PM
237 I've noticed a lot of people who think the ban is stupid. 11/13/2014 3:20 PM
238 check out lane has slowed way down 11/13/2014 3:09 PM
239 I noticed people complain including myself 11/13/2014 2:59 PM
240 I have not seen any differences that seem beneficial. I suppose it's a no brainier for the environment though. 11/13/2014 2:53 PM
241 Think of unsanitary use of reusable bags and share with people in line....blood from meat, juices from fruits and 11/13/2014 2:31 PM vegetables, and cleaning products leaking.
242 Customers carrying armfuls of in bagged merchandise out of stores, which may cause a loss prevention issue. 11/13/2014 2:26 PM
243 No change 11/10/2014 1:02 PM
244 The shock of despair on the faces of the retailers when they cant give you a bag to put your food and spent your 11/10/2014 12:34 PM hard earned money at the employees feel bad due to this crazy law
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Q8 If you previously used single-use plastic checkout bags for purposes such as picking up pet waste or lining trash cans, how have you adapted? An example would be getting a smaller trash can and using produce bags as liners instead. Your answers will help us share creative solutions with the public.
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1 Total BS. 1/23/2015 2:19 PM
2 Admittedly, I have family in jurisdictions that do not ban plastic bags. When I visit I will grab their bags and use 1/22/2015 6:54 PM them as liners or for other purposes (e.g. to carry items to donation sites, pack/transport clothing for trips, etc.). Any excess bags I take to the recycler. I have thought about the concept of purchasing biodegradable bags...depends on pricing and my willingness to change habits. I think it would be great if this plastic bag band was throughout Washington. Whenever I travel and shop outside Thurston county, I'm already prepared with my tote bags in hand or am ready to carry out the items without bags. I get surprised when I'm offered a plastic bag!
3 I now purchase large boxes of plastic bags at costco 1/21/2015 1:13 PM
4 The best solution is to go out of town to shop. I travel up north or south to shop. They still give out plastic single 1/21/2015 1:05 PM use bags. Then I can use them for pet wastes, etc. I'm finding that I'm shopping more out of the Thurston County area even though I live here. I also buy small garbage bag liners when I need them but that's not very often since I have plenty from shopping out of town.
5 I have a large dog with large poop! I dont know what I will do when my plastic bags run out! 1/20/2015 10:08 PM
6 saved a lot of plastic bags. 1/20/2015 6:21 PM
7 Buying plastic trash bags 1/19/2015 12:54 PM
8 I am still using my existing stash to line trash cans. Not sure how I will adapt yet once I run out. 1/19/2015 9:26 AM
9 I did and still do use purchased plastic garbage bags or larger plastic bags I'm still given at some stores or large 1/17/2015 12:40 PM plastic dog food or other bags.
10 Use the plastic bag the newspaper comes in. 1/14/2015 10:10 PM
11 I still have a stash of plastic bags 1/13/2015 8:10 PM
12 N/A 1/13/2015 2:16 PM
13 We shop as often as possible outside ordinance cities so we have bags for litter and garbage can liners. :) 1/12/2015 10:15 PM
14 Buy plastic poop bags for pets and I clean the trash can instead of using bags. 1/12/2015 2:11 PM
15 I now buy dog waste bags 1/12/2015 9:24 AM
16 No.irritating 1/11/2015 11:11 PM
17 I now have to by pet waste bags costing me more money a month 1/11/2015 8:29 PM
18 Still use re-usable plastic bags from dept stores or buy Eco bags. 1/11/2015 3:10 PM
19 I still have a stash of single-use plastic bags that I use in my bathroom waste basket. Haven't figured out what I'll 1/10/2015 5:11 PM do when they're all gone yet!
20 I purchased bigger plastic bags 1/9/2015 5:46 PM
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21 I have adapted by buying plastic trash bags. There is no creative solution here. This is a stupid law. Micro- 1/9/2015 3:04 PM managing a bunch of people is just ridiculous.
22 eco bags for lining trash can 1/9/2015 12:56 PM
23 buy plastic liners that fit my garbage pail 1/9/2015 10:35 AM
24 For pet waste I use the little plastic dog poop baggies you buy at Petco. I used to use the plastic bags for my 1/9/2015 10:25 AM lunches, but I just went and bout a reusable lunch bag.
25 I line a bucket with biodegradable plastic bags and carry the bucket around the yard to pick up pet waste. I use 1/9/2015 9:10 AM biodegradable pick up bags when away from home.
26 I use the bags the newspaper comes in. 1/9/2015 7:38 AM
27 trash can liners 1/9/2015 6:46 AM
28 Buying small plastic trash bags, and pet plastic bags 1/9/2015 5:02 AM
29 I use the produce plastic bags which actually are smaller and easier to use. 1/8/2015 10:33 PM
30 Haven't found a solution, as I'm not looking 1/8/2015 8:52 PM
31 have to purchase bags for that use 1/8/2015 9:40 AM
32 No liners for smaller trash cans but wash weekly 1/8/2015 8:20 AM
33 use the Olympian bags for dog poo. 1/8/2015 7:28 AM
34 Some people dump the garbage directly into the garbage can and rinse the can into the street after pick up day. 1/8/2015 6:10 AM
35 We save and use small bags when we go camping 1/7/2015 10:44 PM
36 I get more produce bags at the store (for kitty litter) to make up for the loss in other bags. 1/7/2015 8:05 PM
37 Now I have to buy plastic garbage bags. Since I always used the store bags previously this change in laws 1/7/2015 7:59 PM doesn't feel like it resulted in me reducing the amount of plastic I use. But now I have to buy bags. Sad.
38 I use the bags I get from Dollar Tree, who still offers plastic single use bags. They're thicker than the ones 1/7/2015 7:33 PM previously used.
39 I don't use a liner in my bathroom any longer. 1/7/2015 7:05 PM
40 Now I have to purchase trash can liners. Target carries a very good "house" brand. 1/7/2015 6:31 PM
41 miss them. Visitors from out of state cannot believe plastic bags are bamned but marijuana is legal. 1/7/2015 5:59 PM
42 I use the paper bags purchased at check out 1/7/2015 5:46 PM
43 I use produce bags 1/7/2015 4:10 PM
44 I have always re-used the plastic bags from the store as my home trash bags - I never threw them out, so I am 1/7/2015 4:01 PM still able to use them that way, as I have quite a stockpile. But when that runs out I will have to purchase trash bags.
45 Have to give out more money to buy plastic "garbage" bags. It's an added expense each month. 1/7/2015 3:49 PM
46 I still get plastic bags with produce and with my newspaper. I recycle the ones I don't use for pet waste at my 1/7/2015 3:13 PM grocery store.
47 Another problem caused by this ordinance. 1/7/2015 2:19 PM
48 Buy dog waste bags that are biodegradable. 1/7/2015 12:03 PM
49 I used to use produce plastic bags for that, and now more often use newspaper for a liner 1/7/2015 11:05 AM
50 Have not adapted well. I still have some checkout bags left that I still use. 1/7/2015 10:21 AM
51 Im running out of bags for those purposes. what do I do now? 1/7/2015 10:15 AM
52 I have to buy garbage bags; a real nuisance! I don't put garbage directly into garbage bin, or wrap in newspaper, 1/7/2015 10:07 AM as this can be too smelly and messy.
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53 I still have a stash of checkout bags I use for my trash. I guess I'll have to buy plastic bags after that. I may use 1/7/2015 9:54 AM the paper bags.
54 Buy trash bags 1/7/2015 8:50 AM
55 We have purchased kitchen garbage bags since we ran out of plastic store bags. we use the dog waste bags for 1/7/2015 7:58 AM cat litter scooping. kitchen garbage bag when we completely empty it.
56 I use any other bags I have around the house. 1/6/2015 8:53 PM
57 Iam now buying smaller plastic trash bags to replace the checkout bags. 1/6/2015 8:40 PM
58 I use the doggy bags provided by the city at parks for pet waste. And as far as bathroom garbage I just cut a 1/6/2015 8:34 PM large garbage bag and created 3 bags from it.
59 instead of recycling plastic bags as I did in the past, I've held on to them for future use 1/6/2015 11:30 AM
60 Still buy or plastic bags or get them when I shop out of the area now - no change 1/6/2015 6:51 AM
61 I have to pay for plastic bags, which is ridiculous. Paper bags don't work for large animal feces. 1/5/2015 8:30 PM
62 We use produce bags for small trash cans and compostable bags for our kitchen compost pail. 1/5/2015 8:09 PM
63 N/A 1/5/2015 11:06 AM
64 I shop in Centralia or Yelm occasionally to get plastic bags. 1/5/2015 8:57 AM
65 Purchase trash can liner bags. So still using plastic for trash disposal 1/5/2015 7:23 AM
66 I now have to buy trash liners which leaves me less money for food, but what the hell it's for a good cause , right? 1/4/2015 4:36 PM Now you fat cats and stores can get fatter with the money you save.
67 I now have to buy trash liners which leaves me less money for food, but what the hell it's for a good cause , right? 1/4/2015 4:36 PM Now you fat cats and stores can get fatter with the money you save.
68 I have to try & find other items to put my pet waste in. I used to save these & use them or recycle the bags. Soon 1/4/2015 12:53 PM I will run out of those I saved & will have to buy bags from the store. So how is that going to help reduce plastic waste if I buy bags & throw them in the trash. This is a ridiculous law. Now we are killing trees instead and now I'm spending money to buy bags to throw my trash & waste in.
69 Before ban we used reusable produce bags, but now we get the plastic ones and reuse for cleaning kitty box and 1/3/2015 9:44 PM other small trash uses. Our apartments supply small biodegradable pet waste bags.
70 I haven't ran out of old bags yet 1/3/2015 3:04 PM
71 I used paper bags with newspaper in the bottom. Now I purchase the paper bags. I also purchase the paper bags 1/3/2015 11:42 AM for my paper recycling. I use produce bags for pet waste
72 Produce bags for pet waste 1/3/2015 11:40 AM
73 Going out of Thurston County to shop and get single-use plastic bags. 1/3/2015 10:34 AM
74 N/A 1/3/2015 8:16 AM
75 I buy the bags myself to use at home because they are cheaper than other option. 1/3/2015 7:25 AM
76 Bring the bags back! 1/3/2015 12:22 AM
77 i dont pick up after my pets... 1/2/2015 11:29 PM
78 We shop outside of Thurston county. No adapting 1/2/2015 7:45 PM
79 I used them for kitty litter and bathroom trash cans now my friends in other counties share theirs with me. 1/2/2015 7:41 PM
80 i haven't ran out of the store plastic bags and i've bought some at KFC to use one ones I have used up 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
81 I go buy plastic bags got dog droppings 1/2/2015 6:38 PM
82 Buy more in Lewis county 1/2/2015 6:26 PM
83 I still have single use plastic checkout bags. When I run out, I'll purchase them in bulk from Amazon.com. 1/2/2015 5:48 PM
84 I shop in Shelton or Centralia and horde their plastic bags 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
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85 I stockpiled my plastic bags prior 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
86 Oh so you acknowledge that people reused these bags? 1/2/2015 9:50 AM
87 I still have a supply of old ones and I save any new ones I get to reuse. 1/2/2015 9:44 AM
88 Used them for trash can liners in the bathrooms, now I don't use any bag in the trash cans. 1/2/2015 9:14 AM
89 I don't pick it up anymore 1/2/2015 9:11 AM
90 I go buy plastic bags now 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
91 Buy heavy duty plastic bags now. Other solution is to restaurant or other jurisdiction to get plastic bags. Come on, 1/2/2015 8:54 AM smaller bags? They don't even hold apples in the store. I do have compost green bags and small can for food waste.
92 Save produce bags unstead. Plus purchased small garbage bags for the bathrooms. Not that epensive. 1/2/2015 8:42 AM
93 I'm still using my stash of plastic bags from before the ban. When they are gone, I will buy plastic bags. 1/2/2015 7:34 AM
94 Use other bags 1/2/2015 7:12 AM
95 I buy plastic bags. 1/2/2015 7:11 AM
96 N/A 1/2/2015 6:56 AM
97 I buy the boxes of packaged plastic bags, which was probably the hidden goal of the whole plastic bag banning in 1/2/2015 5:56 AM the first place. Large corporations win again.
98 I have to buy poopie bags for my animals waste now. I use the paper bags for my bathroom trash. 1/2/2015 1:49 AM
99 We use the plastic shopping bags that we get from stores in other communities. 1/1/2015 11:39 PM
100 I go to Lewis County to obtain the bags 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
101 I purchase plastic liners. 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
102 frustration 1/1/2015 9:22 PM
103 Dump garbage bins into a larger bag. 1/1/2015 8:39 PM
104 I buy and use small trash can liner bags in lieu of grocery bags 1/1/2015 7:37 PM
105 i just have to buy the larger plastic garbage bags and end up wasting them since they don't fit the smaller garbage 1/1/2015 6:17 PM cans as well as the plastic grocery bags did.
106 I do use the smaller produce bags 1/1/2015 5:49 PM
107 I still have a supply of bags and then do my major grocery shopping in the next county that provides free plastic 1/1/2015 5:17 PM bags.
108 Use the plastic produce bags on my bathroom trash can, and have saved the banned plastic bags to use in my 1/1/2015 5:08 PM kitchen trash can. Still use a larger plastic bag for the larger trash can in my office and I do recycle all paper and plastic products that one can.
109 Did not use plastic bags for garbage can liners 1/1/2015 4:54 PM
110 Was necessary to buy trash bags; box 100 $8.00. These bags are .69mil and much thicker than single-use plastic 1/1/2015 2:33 PM checkout bags. Will take longer to break down in the land fill.
111 No continue to use my supply and acquire bags outside jurisdiction 1/1/2015 12:55 PM
112 I now HAVE to purchase plastic garbage bags which cost more money and does not reduce plastic bags used for 1/1/2015 12:41 PM garbage. I was a responsible single use plastic bag user and NEVER used the bag only once and recycled whenever possible.
113 Purchasing trash bags. It's very apparent that the manufacturers of these trash bags supported the bag ban. 1/1/2015 11:15 AM
114 When I shop elsewhere I save as many plastic bags as I can. I also pick up extra pet bags at parks. 1/1/2015 10:43 AM
115 I have not changed any of my plastic use habits. 1/1/2015 10:29 AM
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116 Still get some plastic bags when purchasing in other areas and reuse the trash can liners by just emptying that 1/1/2015 10:26 AM garbage into our kitchen garbage bag. It usually isn't really dirty.
117 Buy plastic bad liners 1/1/2015 10:02 AM
118 I buy plastic bags from the store that are actually larger. How stupid. 1/1/2015 9:56 AM
119 garbage bags 1/1/2015 9:45 AM
120 I purchase small trash bags and use them for these situations. 1/1/2015 9:28 AM
121 Purchase and use specialty plastic bags for dog waste & trash liners. 1/1/2015 8:46 AM
122 None of that. I'm still using the bags I have, thank god! 1/1/2015 8:18 AM
123 I stocked piled all the plastic bags that we could and are still using them. when we get low, I shop at in other citys 1/1/2015 8:02 AM where this stupid ban is not in place.
124 I buy plastic kitchen bags at the store to use. 1/1/2015 7:49 AM
125 I have not adapted 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
126 use produce and paper bags 1/1/2015 7:23 AM
127 I obtain plastic bags in areas where you can still get them i.e., hoquim, tacoma etc. 1/1/2015 7:02 AM
128 Let the crap set now. It'll wash away straight to the closest waterway for the fish to eat 1/1/2015 6:38 AM
129 Use plastic garbage bags. 1/1/2015 5:58 AM
130 I buy plastic bags for this use 1/1/2015 5:07 AM
131 I think we should come up with a better solution that does not penalize the consumer and place the responsibility 1/1/2015 4:59 AM on the stores. This is just like the issue about credit, it is my responsibility to protect my credit information when the seller is the individual who has faulty computer security, but I have to pay to secure their information.
132 Carried my lunch In them now I carry a lunch bag 1/1/2015 12:53 AM
133 I ask for extra single-use plastic bags when shopping shopping outside of the county, which I've tried to do since 12/31/2014 4:34 PM the ban took effect.
134 I, like many others, horded our plastic bags. Also a trip to another county's retail stores provides a new supply. 12/29/2014 11:21 AM It's like leaving Soviet Russia and visiting America.
135 I go elsewhere to shop where I can still get the bags. I had my own personal recycling system for plastic bags that 12/26/2014 11:23 AM the government has broken.
136 By leavening the dog poop on the ground 12/22/2014 2:03 PM
137 I get plastic bags from my friends out of county 12/21/2014 12:47 PM
138 Buy outside of Thurston county 12/19/2014 9:40 AM
139 I now use doggie poop bags and still have plastic bags left for liners....just dump the trash cans into bigger bag. 12/18/2014 10:08 PM
140 I save every bag I get from produce or food wraps or other bags that come my way I also buy dog poop bags that 12/18/2014 9:52 PM fit in a little container on my dogs leash.(this is from tumwater city hall). I buy kitchen garbage can liner bags
141 I no longer line my trash cans. They are very dirty now. 12/18/2014 9:39 PM
142 I'm still going through a stock pile I had before the ban :/ 12/18/2014 8:13 PM
143 I now use larger plastic garbage bags for the waste. It is not a better solution. Using produce bags would not work 12/18/2014 7:07 PM because they aren't really salvageable after you tie them in knots, and tear a lot easier. And do grocery stores really want me taking as many produce bags as I need? That seems sillly.
144 I buy plastic bags 12/18/2014 4:00 PM
145 I either use paper bags I bring home from the store or use small plastic waste basket liners . 12/17/2014 8:40 PM
146 We buy new liners for trash cans. And we use other plastics from products -like bread bags and all. 12/17/2014 3:14 PM
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147 I stockpiled plastic bags before ban took effect, and now obtain the bags from competing jurisdictions. In most 12/16/2014 10:40 PM cases when I have to shop in Thurston County I buy less.
148 I buy plastic garbage bags 12/16/2014 10:20 PM
149 I am saving and using produce bags. 12/16/2014 7:03 PM
150 we buy more plastic garbage bags in bulk from costco that are the same size as the ones we would have gotten 12/15/2014 11:14 PM from shopping.
151 Stored them up from b4 the ban and save the ones from Taco Bell. 12/15/2014 9:56 PM
152 Fortunately, I stockpiled a lot of the single use bags which I use for pet waste. I'll have to buy bags after I deplete 12/15/2014 7:54 PM my stock.
153 i rarely re-used them, but i did always return them to the bin in the groc store. 12/15/2014 7:24 PM
154 We still have a few left in our stash or have purchased bags specific to that task 12/15/2014 6:34 PM
155 Now I use plastic gloves and a full size garbage bag. 12/15/2014 3:41 PM
156 I've had to buy special plastic bags just to clean out the cat boxes. 12/15/2014 12:15 PM
157 I am always on the look-out for other types of bags that I can re-use; i.e., produce bags 12/15/2014 9:13 AM
158 I try to shop more in Lewis County now to get bags. 12/15/2014 9:06 AM
159 Really? Have you ever tried using a produce bag to line a waste basket? Who has waste baskets that tiny. I buy 12/15/2014 8:03 AM regular plastic trash liners.
160 Buy small kitchen trash bags. 12/15/2014 8:01 AM
161 Purchased plastic bags 12/14/2014 10:06 PM
162 Oh, I used them for that, alright. So did everyone I know. I "adapted" by buying larger, bulky trash can liners, 12/14/2014 9:54 PM which are too big for my kitchen trash can, and way too big for my little bathroom bin. I and the rest of my family adapted to *that* problem by having my uncle smuggle in plastic grocery bags for us from where he lives in Lewis County. I also have friends who live in Mason County who, like my uncle, simply ask for extra bags at their grocery stores so they can smuggle them in to people here in Thurston County. I'm telling you, it's the new hot black market trade good. It's like gold now.
163 I often try to shop in other counties that don't have bag bans. 12/14/2014 9:47 PM
164 We just empty out our garbage cans. 12/14/2014 9:45 PM
165 I still use them for lining small trash cans. I had so many piled up I haven't run out yet. I use paper bags for cat 12/14/2014 8:32 PM litter disposal now.
166 NA 12/14/2014 8:28 PM
167 We shop more in places that haven't banned plastics bags. 12/14/2014 6:22 PM
168 I had a hefty supply and have not run out yet. I haven't thought about what I will do once they are gone. 12/14/2014 5:33 PM
169 I travel outside of Thurston county to do my shopping and keep my bags. 12/14/2014 5:25 PM
170 My neighborhood HOA placed dog waste sack stands in our area. 12/14/2014 4:31 PM
171 I stockpiled plastic bags for pet waste and can liners before the ban. When I run out I will go online and buy more. 12/14/2014 4:26 PM
172 I switched to boxed plastic bags. Since I'm in AZ for the winter and they're not banned here, I plan on bringing a 12/14/2014 4:11 PM stash back with me.
173 I use old ones 12/14/2014 4:00 PM
174 Use smaller garbage bags 12/14/2014 3:29 PM
175 I am still using my stockpile. Not sure what I'll do. And if the answer is "buy new plastic garbage pails so you can 12/14/2014 2:45 PM use plastic produce bags", that's beyond ridiculous. How does that help anything??
176 I use small garbage bags for pet waste. I liked single use from the store for trash liners and pet waste. You took 12/14/2014 2:35 PM that away. More cost to the consumer!!
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177 Produce bags instead? Lol. Good one. I buy plastic bags instead. What a waste. 12/14/2014 2:08 PM
178 I hoard the single-use plastic bags when I get them from other sources (e.g., shopping in another county). 12/14/2014 1:55 PM
179 The current bag ordinance in thurston county makes no sense. 12/14/2014 1:47 PM
180 Well I don't have as many so I have to buy plastic garbage can bags. 12/14/2014 1:42 PM
181 I haven't adapted!! It's frustrating 12/14/2014 1:39 PM
182 We just started buying green doggie bags for waste. 12/11/2014 3:49 PM
183 still using a back log of bags but will switch to purchased bags in the future (primarily pet waste) 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
184 Still use plastic bags from other counties. Many people buy plastic pet waste bags from stores. 12/8/2014 6:35 PM
185 I have purchased other small bags to use for dogs/daily uses. Still use the same amount of bag 12/8/2014 6:48 AM
186 i saved as many bags as i could and i reuse them. 12/5/2014 7:56 AM
187 No bags at all, we compost wet stuff and just keep our garbage amount down. Still have a very inexpensive roll of 12/4/2014 5:58 PM dog poo bags for walks, pick up yard waste to compost in landscaping pile.
188 We use them the same as always. 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
189 I have to buy bags or drive to Centralia to go shopping there - produce bags are too small for all but one garbage 12/1/2014 4:23 PM can, and I do not want to empty garbage cans more than once per week, thereby using twice as many bags as I would with current garbage can sizes..
190 I don't line the trash can now. 12/1/2014 11:11 AM
191 I try to shop only at businesses outside of areas affected by the ordinance. 12/1/2014 9:24 AM
192 Now I have to buy plastic bags. The need for them is still here. Now it just costs me more money. 11/30/2014 9:24 PM
193 Use of produce bags and other pet waste bags to pick up pet waste. 11/30/2014 3:25 PM
194 Have to use larger plastic trash bags. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
195 using plastic bag that newspaper comes in for dog walks 11/29/2014 2:42 PM
196 still using stock of plastic bags 11/29/2014 10:18 AM
197 Being a grown up and adapting. 11/26/2014 11:59 PM
198 Bought plastic bags for dog waste :-( Bought bags for trash can liners. Sometimes I use newspaper bags for pet 11/26/2014 1:48 PM waste
199 I buy doggie poop bags or use more of them at the dog park. I buy small bags for the bathroom garbage cans. 11/26/2014 8:43 AM
200 I buy bags for pet waste at the pet store. For smaller trash cans, I bought small hard-plastic garbage cans at the 11/25/2014 8:14 PM solar store and set them inside my (small) bathroom trash cans. When they get full, I take the small 'dollar store' can and dump it into the large can outside. A quick rinse and it's good as new. Basically it's a re-useable can liner.
201 No - I have not adapted. Instead of 1000's of customers adapting to no bags, it would be better if the few trash 11/25/2014 2:41 PM handlers adapted to handling the plastic bags. The only known downfall of plastic bags is that they clog the recycle trash machines. An intelligent engineer would figure out how to redesign the equipment instead of making everyone in the county stop using the product.
202 I use my old stash of plastic to dispose of wet garbage. I also rinse and reuse some of my produce bags and use 11/25/2014 10:14 AM them again at the store.
203 now I have to buy other plastic bags to use as trash can liners 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
204 I buy more plastic products to meet the needs of what was once free. For example I now buy trash liners. 11/24/2014 7:07 PM
205 Save other food storage bags 11/24/2014 12:40 PM
206 I already had small trash cans that fit the plastic bags from stores. Now I have to buy plastic bags, not causing 11/24/2014 11:36 AM more of these smaller bags to be produced. For me, the bag ban has INCREASED my negative impact on the environment.
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207 I buy in other areas or have friends out of the ordinance area bring me bags. Other options cost more money and 11/23/2014 10:03 PM paper and reusable bags are not good for other purposes. They dont have the same qualities or dont hold up.
208 I buy plastic bags. I use sandwich bags and plastic bags I buy in pet store. I now pay for same product that was 11/23/2014 9:45 PM free.
209 I steal produce bags from the grocery store to.pick up pet waste. 11/23/2014 5:26 PM
210 I don't pick up after my dog now 11/23/2014 12:27 PM
211 Now I have to buy specific dog poop bags. They are plastic. Now I have to buy garbage bags. They are plastic. 11/23/2014 12:08 AM How is this saving the planet from plastic bags?
212 empty the trash into the kitchen garbage pail which has a large kitchen trash liner 11/22/2014 11:28 PM
213 Now I have to buy bags to line my small wastebaskets and other uses ( separate items when traveling etc.) Just 11/22/2014 9:47 PM as much plastic is coming from our home
214 I have to buy them now 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
215 consolidate smaller garbage recepticles to kitchen and bag all together. 11/22/2014 2:00 PM
216 I bought small trash bags from the grocery store. 11/22/2014 11:03 AM
217 We use the plastic bags the daily paper comes in which is what we did before. 11/22/2014 9:05 AM
218 I do most of my shopping now o=in Pierce county where I have the convience of the stores providing "single" use 11/22/2014 6:00 AM plastic bags. Our household reuses them for cleaning pet cages, and picking up after the dog, and a variety of other things , So the are reused.
219 I have always used the plastic bags as trash can liners, pet waste, lunch sacks and any other possible need for a 11/22/2014 2:14 AM sack. That's why I hate they're banned.
220 Only usually used Target plastic bags for garbage bins. Have dumped contents into garbage bin so reusing the 11/21/2014 11:35 PM plastic bag more often to stretch out the plastic bags I do have.
221 Purchase dog waste bags instead 11/21/2014 9:39 PM
222 saved huge amount of plastic bags before they were banned. 11/21/2014 6:42 PM
223 By purchasing products intended for those uses; pet waste bags and liners for cat boxes or choosing a different 11/21/2014 1:25 PM way of properly disposing of such waste.
224 I stopped recycling my plastic bags well before the ban and haven't run out - yet. 11/21/2014 12:16 PM
225 Have to buy plastic bags to use as garbage bags. So where is the savings on less plastic bags. Now the bag 11/21/2014 10:43 AM sellers are laughing all the way to the bank. Produce bags are too small and break too easily.
226 We use biodegradable waste/pet bags and re-use other things (like the bags the dog food comes in and produce 11/21/2014 9:17 AM bags)
227 Have not figured it out yet- 11/21/2014 8:19 AM
228 Haven’t adapted. Now leaving the crap where it is. 11/21/2014 8:16 AM
229 I still have a drawer full of plastic bags from before the ban 11/21/2014 7:37 AM
230 I am very frustrated that l can not get the bags l have used to line cans as well as reuse for other purposes. 11/20/2014 10:45 PM
231 I have a bunch of plastic bags so I haven't run out yet. 11/20/2014 6:09 PM
232 So far, we have been able to reuse bags from a stockpile, or we use bags from places that are exempts from the 11/20/2014 5:13 PM bag.
233 I spend money to buy plastic poop bags rather than REUSING the bags from the store. STUPID! 11/20/2014 5:03 PM
234 I've had to purchase small wastebasket liners. Same amount of plastic, only these aren't reused even one time. 11/20/2014 4:17 PM Genius.
235 I'm hoarding my collection of plastic bags but am also using more storage containers and reusable bags. 11/20/2014 3:11 PM
236 I don't have any other liners for my garbage cans & I'm on such a limited income that I can't afford to be getting 11/20/2014 3:01 PM liners for my trash cans.
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237 I did buy a smaller trash can and figured I could wipe it out if dirty, but then I did find that the plastic produce bag 11/20/2014 2:22 PM fit perfectly so I use that if I have one.
238 I go to Panda Express which still has plastic bags. I reuse them for garbage liners. 11/20/2014 10:46 AM
239 We use produce bags and the bags that newspapers are delivered in as well as compostable bags for picking up 11/20/2014 9:39 AM pet waste.
240 We use old grocery bags for our trash cans. When my mom visited from CA, I asked her to bring me some of her 11/20/2014 9:00 AM old grocery bags. We also save all kinds of plastic bags to use for the garbage (ex. Plastic that diapers come in, clothing stores, restaurants).
241 Have to buy plastic trash liners 11/20/2014 8:32 AM
242 I have a dwindling surplus of plastic bags that I use. I use the Doggy bags when I need to 11/20/2014 8:22 AM
243 I saved lots of plastic bags for my garbage can but don't know what I will do when they run out. 11/20/2014 7:17 AM
244 I have to buy trash can liners. 11/20/2014 6:50 AM
245 I have to buy bags now. 11/20/2014 6:23 AM
246 I get plastic bags at Walmart when I'm in Lewis county because I use them ALL THE TIME, for liners, for cleaning 11/20/2014 12:26 AM up wet waste, for taking beach shoes home, for wrapping up wet towels and clothes to put back in my bag after swimming until I can get them home to wash, as hair caps for the shower and much more. They are truly useful and totally reusable in my home. I am so irritated by this law, even though I would mix my reusable bags use before, I refuse now. 5 cents a pop for paper when you already take so much money from us in taxes?! I would love to be able to afford things beside just living. Oh yeah, too bad, I have a JOB and am not a hooker with 20 illegitimate kids living on warfare smoking weed and depending on people like myself to pay their way! So take your 5 cents more of my hard earned money and shove it. Maybe I will go pop out unwanted children, get diseases, live free on the backs of others and that's how to truly make a living in Washington and Thurston County.
247 I just buy plastic bags at the store I HATE THIS 11/19/2014 11:16 PM
248 I have a stash of plastic grocery bags. When i run out I guess I'll just use the trash can and wash it out after 11/19/2014 11:03 PM dumping in main garbage can.
249 I used my single-use plastic bags for carrying my lunch to work. I still use my "stash" of those bags. When 11/19/2014 10:13 PM enough of them pile up at work, I bring them home and start over. They were never "single-use" for me.
250 Use produce bags and newspaper bags for pet waste, using up the rest of my single use and retail store bags. 11/19/2014 10:08 PM Then I may need to purchase trash bags.
251 I saved many bags for future use in small garbage cans and also to use for litter box waste 11/19/2014 9:59 PM
252 I have realized I don't need to line my bathroom trash and instead dump it into the kitchen trash before taking that 11/19/2014 9:45 PM bag out.
253 I quit lining my small cans. I wash them out. 11/19/2014 9:43 PM
254 I shop in surrounding counties and save those bags 11/19/2014 9:30 PM
255 Buying small garbage can liners at Costco. They are not as strong as old bags. 11/19/2014 9:23 PM
256 spending more money that I didn't have on garbage bags for all and everyday tasks that I use to get for free and 11/19/2014 9:19 PM recycle from the store.
257 I still have a stockpile of plastic bags for trash cans, use veggie bags for dog poop 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
258 Getting extra bags in areas that still have plastic bags. 11/19/2014 8:58 PM
259 I buy garbage bags, lol. You can still buy them, you just don't get them free anymore-duh 11/19/2014 8:52 PM
260 Good idea... 11/19/2014 8:41 PM
261 I hoarded them when they were available. 11/19/2014 8:38 PM
262 Pay yet again for trash bags for mu garbage van. 11/19/2014 8:26 PM
263 Still have a few bags full of bags from before they were banned. 11/19/2014 8:15 PM
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264 I use paper towels to pick up the dog poop and than flush it down the toilet. Why? Because it is POOP! Just like 11/19/2014 8:12 PM PEOPLE POOP is flushed down the toilet, so can dog poop be flushed too. NO DIFFERENCE!!!
265 Buy plastic trash bags for trash cans. Use dog waste bags 11/19/2014 8:05 PM
266 Buy plastic trash liner bags small ones 11/19/2014 8:01 PM
267 I use sandwich baggies for dog poop instead. I used to use them for kitty litter and now I use glad garbage bags. 11/19/2014 7:46 PM
268 Disposing of pet waste in the closest bin available, usually yard waste or recycling 11/19/2014 7:34 PM
269 Using paper bags if I have them or have purchased compostable trash bags. 11/19/2014 7:33 PM
270 Use the plastic bags I still have stocked up 11/19/2014 7:25 PM
271 stock up on plastic bags when I shop in other jurisdictions 11/19/2014 7:21 PM
272 I haven't 11/19/2014 7:16 PM
273 Still using plastic bags obtained before the ban 11/19/2014 6:23 PM
274 n/a 11/19/2014 5:51 PM
275 I had stocked up before the ban took effect. I still use them around the house just like I did before. 11/19/2014 4:52 PM
276 I use pet waste bags and standard kitchen garbage bags. 11/19/2014 2:47 PM
277 I buy them now. 11/19/2014 2:33 PM
278 I still use one large drawstring plastic bag per week for my kitchen trash. But only dry trash goes in it. Wet scraps 11/19/2014 2:11 PM go either in the organic recycle bin or in a store vegetable bag put directly in the garage garbage can. The waste baskets ore no longer lined and I empty the contents straight into the garbage can.
279 I just buy plastic garage bags now insteAd of reusing the ones the stores gave me 11/19/2014 11:48 AM
280 I leave my dogs waste because there are no plastic bags. 11/19/2014 11:25 AM
281 purchasing trash bags (also plastic!) 11/19/2014 10:24 AM
282 My mother in OR still gets plastic bag. She gives us her extras which is more than enough. Not sure they she 11/19/2014 9:56 AM would recycle them.
283 Still have leftover bags, use produce bags, buy garbage bags 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
284 using fast food bags paper or plastic and ytash liners when full por nearly full. 11/19/2014 9:35 AM
285 Right now I use all the single-use bags that I have stored over the past year, along with "poop" bags available at 11/19/2014 9:25 AM parks, and also the plastic bags still being used for produce.
286 The produce bags are so thin that they tear easily. If using for pet waste/trash, there is a definite danger of 11/19/2014 9:20 AM spillage in the wrong place.
287 Really!!! You've got to be kidding. Produce bags don't hold enough for anything. I am still using plastic bags I had 11/19/2014 8:55 AM saved to dispose of my used Cat Litter.
288 I buy plastic garbage bags 11/19/2014 8:38 AM
289 Grab extra bags when I shop in areas that do not have the ban. 11/19/2014 8:29 AM
290 purchase trash bags 11/19/2014 7:55 AM
291 I use manufactured trash liners and plastic produce bags for pet waste. 11/19/2014 7:24 AM
292 We now use newspaper bags 11/18/2014 11:50 PM
293 Spending extra money on trash bags that I wouldn't have bought before. 11/18/2014 10:53 PM
294 I get bags from friends outside the area, or use produce bags or other small bags. 11/18/2014 10:32 PM
295 I had a stock pile of plastic bags that I am still using for pet waste. 11/18/2014 10:15 PM
296 I'm actually having to buy plastic bags for my pet waste and lining bathroom cans, sooo, instead of using them for 11/18/2014 10:00 PM groceries and REUSING them around the house, I now have to buy them and am putting the same amount of plastic in my garbage. Kind of ridiculous.
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297 Get creative in finding ways to use the plastic bags for recycling into product development. There has to be a 11/18/2014 9:58 PM way to convert them into a recycle product.
298 Still using up my old ones 11/18/2014 8:44 PM
299 We use no liners now. Which is gross. 11/18/2014 8:28 PM
300 I buy the small doggie bags as I've always done 11/18/2014 8:21 PM
301 I am still using my very large stockpile of plastic bags to line my trash can. 11/18/2014 8:13 PM
302 I kept a lot of the plastic bags from the store and use them for all kinds of things around my house. It is a shame 11/18/2014 7:55 PM we don't have a choice since you let us buy paper.
303 Smaller trash bags 11/18/2014 7:35 PM
304 Purchased a big box of plastic bags from costco. 11/18/2014 7:13 PM
305 I am putting the food waste in the newspaper bags. I purchased trash can liners, which are stronger than the 11/18/2014 6:59 PM single-use checkout bags.
306 trying to save my old ones and other plastic bags I can like ziplocs 11/18/2014 6:51 PM
307 I used the single-use plastic bags for lots of things including cleaning up dog and cat waste. Now I get bags from 11/18/2014 6:45 PM out of town friends, and I shop at grocery stores when I'm in other counties so I can get a few bags. I also bought a box of small trash liner to use around the house.
308 I use produce bags for kitty litter but am going to have to start buying liners for the trash cans. Also, when I'm in 11/18/2014 6:45 PM another county I take advantage of the opportunity to bring home bags.
309 I horded plastic bags prior to the ban. When I shop in Oregon, I grab extra bags for my use. 11/18/2014 6:38 PM
310 I take some from relatives in other counties without a ban when I go to visit and replenish my supply. 11/18/2014 6:24 PM
311 Because I now buy trash can liners, I don't think I'm using less plastic. I always try to re-use or recycle everything, 11/18/2014 6:21 PM so I might not be the demographic whose behavior you are trying to change.
312 I still save plastic bags when I get them and use them to line trash cans but empty the trash into a larger 11/18/2014 5:50 PM receptacle and keep the liner in place through multiple uses.
313 I had a stash of plastic bags prior to the ban that I STILL use, and reuse. I have not had to adapt to the change. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
314 I use small plastic garbage bags. 11/18/2014 5:27 PM
315 Oops, still have old ones in use for that, and I still get some produce in plastic bags that I use for that. 11/18/2014 5:27 PM
316 Spending extra money on trash bags 11/18/2014 5:24 PM
317 I haven't found smaller ones that fit my smaller receptacles in the house, and I don't put my produce in plastic 11/18/2014 5:12 PM bags anyway. It's a huge waste to use a small kitchen-size (13 gallon) plastic bag just for cat litter waste/clumps...which is MORE wasteful than using the small "one-use" bags, which are just the right size for that purpose. So, once again, I use them more then once after I get them back home from the store. I save them and use them for my small trash receptacles around the house, and for the cat litter clumps.
318 I continue to use purchased trash can liner bags. I use the paper bags to hold food waste for the yard waste 11/18/2014 5:10 PM container.
319 We use the plastic bags our newspaper comes in to pick up pet waste Plastic bags used to buy friuts and veg i 11/18/2014 5:04 PM reuse for small garbage containment
320 I use the single use bags I buy myself. They are plastic and I will continue to use them and I don't reuse them 11/18/2014 5:00 PM anymore. Sounds like I don't care about the environment but actually I'm very green in every other aspect of my life. My yard is actually a hummingbird sanctuary.
321 Have had to buy plastic bags instead. 11/18/2014 4:56 PM
322 I still have a stash and continue to use them. 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
323 I dont use them for that 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
324 I don't have a solution for this and am very glad you have asked this question for us to learn from. 11/18/2014 4:47 PM
325 I buy plastic bags to replace the what I would recycle prior to the ordinance. 11/18/2014 4:45 PM
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326 NA 11/18/2014 4:41 PM
327 Produce bags easily tear and are not big enough for a lot of waste. Things that need sealed in a disposable 11/18/2014 1:39 PM plastic bag like vomit from a sick person, large animal feces, and wet or soiled clothing can not be placed in a paperbag. - having no income makes it impossible to adapt. Dshs services allow a very small amount of cash per month, not enough to pay for something that will just be used on waste one time.
328 Still using up the plastic bags from before the ban. I don't know what we'll do when those are gone. Probably 11/18/2014 11:31 AM have to buy liners
329 Bring back the plastic bags Just cause Californians have destroyed their state and moved up here. 11/17/2014 9:27 PM
330 throw dog waste down the hill or into the stream. 11/17/2014 8:46 PM
331 I now have to buy single use garbage bags instead of using shopping bags for garbage bags. 11/17/2014 8:11 PM
332 By shopping outside Thurston County I have tried to keep a steady flow of plastic bags for these uses, but I did 11/17/2014 8:01 PM buy a roll of plastic garbage bags recently since I am low on the store plastic bags.
333 I use plastic produce bags 11/17/2014 7:02 PM
334 Produce bags aren't big enough and are too thin. I previously used the single use plastic check out bags for 11/17/2014 6:12 PM multiple things. They were always reused and repurposed for picking up pet waste, lining small trash cans, lunch bags, etc.
335 Spending extra money on trash bags 11/17/2014 5:28 PM
336 I get them from others who live in a different area 11/17/2014 5:19 PM
337 I now have to buy plastic bags to pick up pet waste and line my garbage cans instead of recycling the one I got 11/17/2014 4:49 PM from the stores.
338 Well I now have to buy plastic bags for certain purposes where before I could actually reuse the "single use" 11/17/2014 4:16 PM plastic bags I received at the store. This costs me money!!! Which city officials should I send the bill to???
339 Now having to buy my own plastic bags for cat litter box waste. 11/17/2014 3:51 PM
340 My sister who lives in Spokane saves bags for me. After that source ends, I will have to decide but probably will 11/17/2014 3:24 PM get paper bags now and then to use.
341 Family in areas that do not have the ban give us the bags to line our small trash cans with. 11/17/2014 3:12 PM
342 I take the sacks provided in the park dispensers to last me a week at a time. 11/17/2014 3:07 PM
343 We have always saved our plastic bags, even before the ban was set to take affect. We have a large quantity to 11/17/2014 9:25 AM use as trash liners still.
344 We have not adjusted. I will shop in other counties that provide the bags when we are running low. 11/17/2014 8:07 AM
345 Using purchased garbage bags in the smaller garbage cans such as in the bathroom and laundry area. Also we 11/16/2014 6:04 PM try to re-use these bags a number of times before throwing them out.
346 I don't line the trash cans any more. Seems to simplify taking out the trash because all I do now is dump them. 11/16/2014 4:48 PM
347 I'm hoarding any and all plastic bags that come into the house so that I always have a few here for wet shoes, or 11/16/2014 3:46 PM messy garbage etc.
348 I get single use plastic bags from out of county and use them to line trash cans, etc. 11/16/2014 2:18 PM
349 I have to purchase trash bags now. Target brand bags are an excellent Now I have to purchase garbage bags. 11/16/2014 1:56 PM Target brand bags are excellent. But NOT free, of course. Thanks for that.
350 I have since run out of them and now buy new plastic trash bags to fill this purpose. I still have the same amount 11/16/2014 11:35 AM of trash, so using a smaller can would be ridiculous and produce bags have ventilation holes in them so that won't work.
351 I haven't run out of my saved plastic bags yet 11/16/2014 8:39 AM
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352 I take my business out of this county as much as possible now. To go to the mall here and have to pay five cents 11/16/2014 7:53 AM for a bag to carry underwear thru the mall is a joke. Talk to security for stores like Macy's and JCPennys - people do not HAVE to buy a bag. So now they have to determine whether those people walking out the door with armfuls of product are legit or stealing. Way to go. Also, I now buy plastic bags from Cash n Carry that they sell for restaurants, the same size I used to get at the grocery store - I use those bags for my cat litter, weeds, whatever else I feel like. You have not stopped me from using just as many plastic bags as I used to. Now, I get the paper bags at the store when I have to shop here - and throw them in the GARBAGE- because they tear and are not good for anything else.
353 Still manage to get a few plastic bags for small rv garbage cans. 11/16/2014 7:29 AM
354 use trash bags now 11/16/2014 2:51 AM
355 Buying plastic bags from store 11/15/2014 6:11 PM
356 i use produce bags. I also get my fathers left over plastic bags, as he lives in grays harbor and plastic bags are 11/15/2014 5:02 PM not banned.
357 I buy compost able pet waste bags from my local pet store 11/15/2014 12:18 PM
358 I actually get them from my sister who lives in Pierce co 11/15/2014 10:48 AM
359 I use the brown paper bags as a trash bag for my room, it's sturdier and works better. 11/15/2014 9:48 AM
360 take my waste directly to the giant trash bin, I no longer take my personal trash out every week but rather when 11/15/2014 8:46 AM it's completely full
361 I had to go purchase small can liners, which only get used once (unlike what you keep calling single use plastic 11/15/2014 8:09 AM bags). Not everyone is benefitting from this bag ban. Most can't change their entire life around to adapt to (like it or not) a more expensive way of living.
362 I reuse the same plastic bag for my small garbage liners until it rips or has gross liquids in it..... or if it smells 11/15/2014 1:31 AM awful.
363 Buy plastic trash bags. 11/14/2014 8:06 PM
364 My parents live where there's not a ban and they save them for me 11/14/2014 6:57 PM
365 We now use a double produce bag for dog poop. 11/14/2014 6:19 PM
366 I use produce plastic (bags) instead. 11/14/2014 3:42 PM
367 i was able to use one bag a day for bathroom garbage then pick up baby diapers and clean cat box before all full. 11/14/2014 2:58 PM using for multi purpose resused...i am still using the ones that i had saved up, running low and freaking out.
368 Went from re-using checkout bags to purchasing small trash bags 11/14/2014 1:38 PM
369 At the moment, I have not run out of the supply I had stored up. Annoyed I will have to pay for PLASTIC bags 11/14/2014 12:05 PM when I run out
370 Hmm...I have enough plastic bags that I saved from before the ban so I haven't had to change cleaning habits. I 11/14/2014 10:42 AM am afraid for when I run out :(
371 I am not a fan of the ordinance because one is just trading one plastic bag for another. 11/14/2014 9:50 AM
372 using produce bags and newspaper bags to pick up pet waste 11/14/2014 9:44 AM
373 I bought plastic bags to line my trash cans. I have bought more ziplock bags, too. 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
374 Now I use regular trash bags. 11/14/2014 6:37 AM
375 I now have to purchase plastic pet waste bags, and my trash can will not be reduced because of less plastic 11/14/2014 6:36 AM bags. I still produce the same amount of trash! I just bag it differently.
376 We had enough put back that we haven't run out yet. 11/13/2014 11:52 PM
377 I purchase plastic bags from the store to use as garbage bags, kitty litter disposal bags etc. This has not reduce 11/13/2014 11:20 PM my consumption of plastic bags st all.
378 I was fortunate that I had saved a lot so I could do those things. Also buying the small 4 gal trash bags at the 11/13/2014 11:13 PM dollar store.
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379 I haven't. I've gone without and now I'm forced to wash out my trash cans using water which costs me more then 11/13/2014 11:03 PM the bag, and bogs down the sewage system. As for pet waste
380 I am reusing left over plastic bags from before the ban and from what I bring back from outside the county. 11/13/2014 10:57 PM
381 I use produce bags for used cat litter. I use compostable bags for dog poop. I reuse the same plastic bag as the 11/13/2014 10:50 PM garage liner in the bathrooms and bedrooms as long as it isn't soiled. I will just dump the trash into the larger garbage bag in the kitchen.
382 I am still using bags from previous shopping trips, but i am almost out. 11/13/2014 10:18 PM
383 I BUY THEM NOW OR WHEN I SHOP OUT OF THE AREA i ASK FOR EXTRAS TO TAKE HOME. 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
384 I shop in Pierce county when I need plastic bags, or get them from someone who lives outside of thurston county. 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
385 Purchase plastic bags 11/13/2014 9:51 PM
386 I now have to buy plastic bags to line my wastebaskets & pick up animal waste. 11/13/2014 9:28 PM
387 I'm still trying to figure out how to do this.... 11/13/2014 9:19 PM
388 I get plastic bags from friends who live in other counties 11/13/2014 9:07 PM
389 Having to buy garbage can liners instead and pet waste bags. 11/13/2014 9:03 PM
390 I dump the contents of small garbage containers into a large kitchen bag, keeping the same single use plastic 11/13/2014 9:00 PM bag in the small container as a liner for as long as possible.
391 I reused the single-use bags for garbage bags. I just buy plastic garbage bags to use for trash now. I use the 11/13/2014 8:25 PM same amount of plastic bags for trash I just buy them now. The amount of plastic I use for trash bags is still the same. I just have to buy trash bags now.
392 I buy plastic bags for garbage and pet waste. Single use plastic bags from stores before the ban leaked and 11/13/2014 8:22 PM ripped and were altogether a false economy.
393 Using plastic bags that come with newspaper and with fruit and vegi purchase . 11/13/2014 8:19 PM
394 I now use a full sized garbage bag because I no longer have small grocery bags. 11/13/2014 7:37 PM
395 I still have a few left & use as waste basket liners & for pet wastes. Also use produce bags, large used zip lock 11/13/2014 7:23 PM bags & bags that newspapers come in as pet waste bags.
396 I still have plastic bags from before the ban. I always use them as garbage, petwaste and lunch bags. I don't want 11/13/2014 7:17 PM to supplement these free bags with plastic bags i have to pay for, it seems like a waste of money and resources.
397 People who still get the bags bring me some 11/13/2014 7:17 PM
398 N/a 11/13/2014 7:11 PM
399 I use paper bags or cardboard boxes for my recycling. I recycle almost everything and have a compost bin. I 11/13/2014 7:10 PM didn't use plastic a lot before so I'm happy that these aren't out there being disposed of by those who won't recycle. Great job!
400 I still have plastic bags I'm using from before, haven't ran out yet 11/13/2014 7:09 PM
401 I go to pierce county to shop and get bags for them. 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
402 Use plastic bags from my sister - she lives in king county 11/13/2014 7:02 PM
403 I carry my stuff out by hand and have to by trash bags instead of recycling plastic ones. 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
404 I haven't ran out of bags yet to notice. 11/13/2014 6:58 PM
405 I no longer pick up my pet waste. 11/13/2014 6:52 PM
406 I'm still trying to figure that out! It's not a point that makes me happy. 11/13/2014 6:46 PM
407 Newspaper plastic bags, bags that neighborhoods provide 11/13/2014 6:40 PM
408 I have purchased biodegradable bags specifically for my dog's waste. 11/13/2014 6:33 PM
409 I still have plastic single use bags I'm reusing 11/13/2014 6:31 PM
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410 I still have so many plastic grocery sacks that I haven't had to come up with an alternative yet. 11/13/2014 6:31 PM
411 Using my surplus. 11/13/2014 6:10 PM
412 N/a. We use them for lunch bags 11/13/2014 6:05 PM
413 We saved up our plastic bags for cat little prior to the ban...we are starting to run low and have switched to a 11/13/2014 6:02 PM Litter Genie to manage the cat litter. We have reusable mesh bags for produce.
414 I shop where I can get plastic bags and use those when needed 11/13/2014 5:50 PM
415 Had to spend money on BUYING plastic bags. 11/13/2014 5:41 PM
416 I use produce bags as liners. 11/13/2014 5:23 PM
417 use produce bags 11/13/2014 5:19 PM
418 It's annoying not having the bags for things. I end up using more expensive ziplocks for lunch etc 11/13/2014 5:01 PM
419 Bought disposable trash bags. Would buy compostable ones, but they are very expensive. 11/13/2014 4:56 PM
420 I now PURCHASE more bags!? To fill that need 11/13/2014 4:43 PM
421 We bought them 11/13/2014 4:31 PM
422 I really haven't needed the plastic bags. I used to recycle them back at the store. In fact, not having them clog up 11/13/2014 4:19 PM my kitchen has been nice :-)
423 Purchase boxes of plastic bags. 11/13/2014 4:05 PM
424 I squirreled away a large supply to use for pet waste. When that runs out, I'll get more creative. 11/13/2014 4:02 PM
425 I re-used my plastic bags as small waste can liners which I now have to purchase. I don't see the net sum gain 11/13/2014 3:37 PM except now I have to pay more.
426 I have had to buy plastic bags for that use 11/13/2014 3:25 PM
427 Had to start buying plastic garbage Bags. 11/13/2014 3:20 PM
428 I've been using produce bags, bread bags, used ziploc bags, etc... 11/13/2014 3:13 PM
429 I used to.use them for kitty litter, i know.dump.litter in with my other trash before it goes to the garbage. 11/13/2014 3:04 PM
430 I buy plastic garbage bags. 11/13/2014 3:00 PM
431 We bought the dog bags. But we use them so i can go to a friends house but we are running out. 11/13/2014 2:59 PM
432 Once hearing about the upcoming ban I quit recycling my plastic bags to prepare for the future. 11/13/2014 2:53 PM
433 I have family from out of state mail me plastic bags :) 11/13/2014 2:50 PM
434 To scoop litter I know use small plastic trash bags. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM
435 I buy plastic garbage bags. 11/13/2014 2:43 PM
436 Get plastic from friends and relatives outside Thurston County. 11/13/2014 2:37 PM
437 I have an over abundance of bags still, but I will purchase bags 11/13/2014 2:34 PM
438 I used to use them for pet waste, but I still get plastic bags for produce, so I use those (along with my dwindling 11/13/2014 2:32 PM stash of pre-ban plastic bags)
439 I use all sorts of plastic bags to line my trash bin, such as dry cleaning bags, those horrible woven plastic bags 11/13/2014 2:32 PM that bird seed comes in, department store bags.
440 Buy plastic bags and use plastic bags from newspaper delivery. 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
441 I haven't ran out of plastic bags yet 11/13/2014 2:27 PM
442 I shop on base to get plastic bags for those purposes. 11/13/2014 2:26 PM
443 Buy garbage bags. 11/13/2014 2:25 PM
444 Now have an added expense of buying bags to clean kitty litter box and line my waste baskets 11/10/2014 1:02 PM
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445 I drive to Oregon to buy my groceries and get the bags I need for this purpose 11/10/2014 12:34 PM
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Q9 Have you changed where you shop to avoid stores that have implemented the ordinance?
Answered: 607 Skipped: 13
Yes
No
I am not sure
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Answer Choices Responses
Yes 27.68% 168
No 69.85% 424
I am not sure 2.47% 15
Total 607
# Comments: Date
1 I do a lot more shopping out of town. I appreciate the fact that they provide bags for us and we don't have to 1/21/2015 1:05 PM remember to haul our own personal shopping bags around with us. What a pain!! Retailers in other towns also appreciate the business when I tell them I'm shopping out of town because they still provide shopping bags for customers without charging extra. I'm know I'm not the only one who does this, because they have said they have heard this from other customers too.
2 It would be one thing to eliminate plastic bags. But to charge outrageous prices for paper and not make some sort 1/12/2015 10:15 PM of outreach for the homeless is quite frankly what I would expect of a less liberal area, Lewis county for example.
3 Whenever possible. It's annoying to pay for trash bags when I can get them for free at stores that still give them 1/9/2015 3:04 PM away with the purchase of goods.
4 I have noticed though that some stores dont' comply 1/8/2015 9:36 PM
5 Confusing question- I thought all stores in our area are subject to it. 1/7/2015 8:05 PM
6 Everywhere in the area/county has the same ordinance. It has been frustrating for family and friends who come to 1/7/2015 3:49 PM visit and go shopping with me because they live outside the ordinance area and are not prepared with their own bags and do not want the added cost of buying paper bags!
7 appreciate being offered a bag when shopping elsewhere 1/6/2015 11:30 AM
8 I do notice that Big Lots on the westside of Olympia still gives out plastic bags. Not sure why they are exempt or 1/5/2015 8:09 PM are they in violation?
9 Sometimes, especially at retail stores 1/5/2015 11:06 AM
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10 there aren't any stores that have teh so called single use. Gosh I miss having their availaablity 1/2/2015 7:06 PM
11 More out of spite than necessity. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
12 Whenever possible! 1/2/2015 11:04 AM
13 whenever possible 1/2/2015 9:11 AM
14 However which stores would that be because I would "gladly" change 1/2/2015 8:34 AM
15 I would if I knew where they are. 1/2/2015 7:34 AM
16 I probably go to the same stores, but I buy less. 1/1/2015 11:39 PM
17 We do more shopping in Lewis County 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
18 Its ot the grocery stores fault 1/1/2015 7:37 PM
19 The plastic bag ban is all though Thurston County, so I would have to be shopping in another county to avoid the 1/1/2015 5:08 PM plastic bag ban.
20 How is it possible to avoid this ordinance unless you shop outside Lacey, Olympia or Tumwater. I am not driving 1/1/2015 12:41 PM 10 - 20 miles to shop.
21 I try now to shop in Tacoma where I work. 1/1/2015 11:15 AM
22 Wish I could. 1/1/2015 10:43 AM
23 How do you avoid a county-wide ordinance??? 12/29/2014 11:21 AM
24 Take trips to Centralia/Chehalis more often to get a supply of bags I can use for garbage can liners and cleaning 12/26/2014 11:23 AM cat litter box.
25 When I can. I work in Lewis County and will shop there first. 12/21/2014 12:47 PM
26 I shop when I want and where I want. 12/18/2014 7:34 PM
27 When in Pierce County we shop there 12/18/2014 4:15 PM
28 I shop more in Pierce County now and avoid Thurston County if I can. I prefer to give Thurston County the tax 12/16/2014 10:40 PM revenue since it is where I live but Pierce County did not choose to enact such an inconvenient ordinance, therefore they are more consumer friendly and have earned my business.
29 I just find it very inconvenient 12/16/2014 10:20 PM
30 I just dont bag my stuff i put it back in cart 12/15/2014 8:53 AM
31 I would if it wasn't so far to drive. 12/15/2014 8:03 AM
32 We simply shop elsewhere when possible. 12/14/2014 6:22 PM
33 I would rather do my shopping where I have the same convenience as the rest of the world. 12/14/2014 5:25 PM
34 It's kind of pointless driving 20+ miles to avoid paying a 5 cent bag fee. 12/14/2014 4:26 PM
35 Not all paper bags have handles and are of poor quality. I go to the stores with better paper bags. 12/14/2014 4:00 PM
36 I would if I could. 12/14/2014 1:41 PM
37 growup 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
38 I shop in Centralia more often. 12/9/2014 11:03 PM
39 I have purchased less when I have forgotten my bags at the grocery store and it encourages me to leave the mall 12/8/2014 6:48 AM early is I don't have bags with me.
40 i prefer to shop out of county when i can. 12/5/2014 7:56 AM
41 It's so easy, why make big changes! 12/4/2014 5:58 PM
42 We no longer purchase any products in Thurston County 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
43 I will drive extra miles if I have a big order so that I can replenish my supply of bags. 12/1/2014 4:23 PM
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44 every chance I get 12/1/2014 9:24 AM
45 I avoid shopping locally whenever possible. I cheer when I go to a store that has plastic bags and tell them of 11/25/2014 2:41 PM horror stories of us that live in Thurston county and can't get them anymore. Its as bad as if we lived in California - for heaven's sake!
46 I will this holiday season as shopping with paper bags at the mall when multiple items are desired is a pain. 11/24/2014 7:07 PM
47 All stores have been forced to implement, if there is somewhere I could get plastic bags I would prioritize my 11/24/2014 11:36 AM shopping to that store.
48 It's a pain in the ass! Even shopping at Target, Macy's, Best Buy, Fred Meyer is plastic bag-free. Groceries are 11/23/2014 12:08 AM one thing. This is a shoplifter's DREAM.
49 This is a health hazard to have the clerks touching people's dirty bags and then my groceries. A hazard for the 11/21/2014 7:31 PM clerks too!
50 Banning plastic bags shouldn't discourage people from shopping somewhere. 11/21/2014 1:25 PM
51 There are no alternatives locally. 11/21/2014 10:43 AM
52 I applaud the stores that encouraged and advertised reusable bags long before the ban went into effect 11/21/2014 9:17 AM
53 Yes. I now shop in Lewis and Grays Harbor counties whenever possible. 11/21/2014 8:16 AM
54 Absolutely! As much as possible! 11/20/2014 10:45 PM
55 Yes, I shop in pierce county when I can't because this ordinance is STUPID! 11/20/2014 5:03 PM
56 Costco provides boxes. I went all the way to Georgia this Summer and was delighted to have my purchases 11/20/2014 4:17 PM packed neatly into plastic bags. It was a luxury. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT HAVING A RE-USABLE PLASTIC BAG GIVEN TO ME WAS A LUXURY!!!!!
57 I don't have a choice 11/20/2014 7:44 AM
58 Yes, absolutely. 11/20/2014 12:26 AM
59 I don't know of any viable alternative locations to shop that have not implemented the ordinance. 11/19/2014 10:13 PM
60 However, it is strange when I shop somewhere that does allow bags. 11/19/2014 8:27 PM
61 But I buy less now if I don't have bags 11/19/2014 7:30 PM
62 I buy less. 11/19/2014 4:31 PM
63 I shop less, but less stuff. 11/19/2014 2:33 PM
64 I do not avoid stores that abiding by the ordinance; in fact, I do the opposite and try to avoid those that are not 11/19/2014 9:25 AM implementing the ordinance.
65 Most stores have implemented the ordinance or at least the stores I have shopped at. 11/19/2014 8:55 AM
66 How can I change stores, when they are all required to comply with this ordinance??? 11/18/2014 9:58 PM
67 All the stores near me have implemented the ordinance. So i have not, but i would if i could. 11/18/2014 8:28 PM
68 I would if I could. 11/18/2014 7:55 PM
69 Drive to Chehalis fo shopping. 11/18/2014 7:48 PM
70 Unless, I have to have something now, I shop elsewhere. 11/18/2014 6:56 PM
71 I shop at grocery stores when I'm out of town, but I don't go there deliberately, only when convenient. I really miss 11/18/2014 6:45 PM the nice plastic bags from Bayview. They were good and reusable. It was one of the reasons to go to Bayview.
72 This doesn't make sense- I thought all stores had to implement the ordinance. I've only encountered one that 11/18/2014 6:45 PM hadn't & that was because they were allowed to use up existing inventory.
73 Safeway has the nicest re-usable bags. I have gone out of my way to shop there when I want to buy a Safeway 11/18/2014 6:21 PM shopping bag.
74 I still bring my plastic bags to use in the store, only sometimes do I use a reusable cloth bag. 11/18/2014 5:40 PM
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75 It's ridiculous that I have to go out of town to grocery shop, because of a few folks that misuse the plastic bags, so 11/18/2014 5:12 PM I can get them for my RESPONSIBLE use.
76 I go to Tacoma for the big shopping. And I have located other areas that give out plastic bags. A little 11/18/2014 5:00 PM inconvenient but better than being angry all the time.
77 All stores were required to implement this insanity - try carrying groceries in the rain in a wheelchair - or throwing 11/18/2014 1:39 PM up in a paper bag, or picking up doggy diarhea with a non pliable paper bag or one of those reusable bags.
78 I will fill my cart up with hundreds of dollars of fish and meat and when they say "would you like to buy some 11/17/2014 9:27 PM bags" I say "screw you" and walk out-It is a big movement in Thurston county. Had over 40 people shopping in Tumwater under protest last week. No sales just lots of food left at the counter
79 Those stores are too far, otherwise I would have 11/17/2014 9:14 PM
80 I avoid shopping in Thurston County because of this law. 11/17/2014 8:11 PM
81 It is just as easy for me to shop in another county, so I have done that. The only think I still buy in Thurston 11/17/2014 8:01 PM County are frozen items and dairy products that I want to buy closer to home (although I have taken an ice chest with me occasionally so I can do everything in one stop).
82 I try to shop outside of Thurston County to a community that provides free bags. 11/17/2014 4:49 PM
83 I have certainly attempted to avoid stores that have been subjected to this ridiculous plastic bag ban. Maybe you 11/17/2014 4:16 PM should let the free market decide.
84 I would avoid stores if I could find others that don't charge for bags. 11/17/2014 3:51 PM
85 If I can 11/17/2014 3:07 PM
86 Go to mason county 11/17/2014 10:23 AM
87 Yes. Every chance I get, I take my money elsewhere. Way to go. 11/16/2014 7:53 AM
88 I shop where I can get the best price for the items I use. 11/16/2014 6:48 AM
89 I shop outside of the ban I HATE paying for paper bags and will NOT pay for reusable bags!!!! I live on a limited 11/15/2014 3:23 PM income and its too much to pay for bags
90 That would be stupid. Cutting off your nose to spite your face as it were. 11/15/2014 12:18 PM
91 I shop where I work. Convenience. 11/15/2014 8:09 AM
92 Most people don't. Those who do waste more time, money and resources than if they would just bring in their 11/15/2014 1:31 AM own bags or buy a paper one.
93 It's a big pain but I still go to the same store. 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
94 I live in the middle of the county or I would shop where there were plastic bags! 11/13/2014 11:52 PM
95 I feel that clothing retailers should provide a free bag. If I am spending hundreds of dollars on clothing and I have 11/13/2014 11:20 PM to purchase a bag to protect them and for ease of continuous shopping at other stores then I will order my purchase online and have it mailed to me for convenience which produces more waste than the retailer orovoding me with a bag at the POS.
96 I have over 40 reusable bags and I am fine with bringing them to the store (when I remember). However, I do not 11/13/2014 10:18 PM enjoy being forced to avoid plastic bags when I forget.
97 I now will stop in Tacoma os Longview and do shopping just to be able to get plastic bags. 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
98 Have shopped at Traders Joes for years and began using my own bags. 11/13/2014 8:19 PM
99 Super inconvenient when shopping at Capitol mall. I now head to puyallup or Tacoma. 11/13/2014 7:37 PM
100 I shop more at Costco and get more items in bulk 11/13/2014 7:09 PM
101 I hate shopping without having bags for my merchandise. 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
102 I shop in Tacoma whenever possible and "hoard" the plastic bags I get to use them as trash bags. 11/13/2014 3:37 PM
103 I will drive to Lewis county to shop 11/13/2014 3:25 PM
104 no i just get mad when i ride sown to get stuff from the gas station down the rode and have to carry it in my hands 11/13/2014 2:59 PM
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105 I will say that if I don't have my reusable bags I won't go to a store that doesn't have the paper bags with the 11/13/2014 2:32 PM handles (fred meyer, walmart)
106 Stores have sometimes not charged for bags since the .05 charge was implemented. 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
107 When I'm near a location that provides the bags u make sure I go there instead. 11/13/2014 2:25 PM
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Q10 Now that the ordinances have been in place for over four months, as a customer, I think:
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The ordinances should be kept in place. 16.94% 105
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The ordinances should be kept and other jurisdictions in Thurston County should also adopt one. 27.90% 173
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# Comment: Date
1 There are ordinances that haven't adopted this?? 1/22/2015 6:54 PM
2 I notice a lot of people in line at the store who are very unhappy with this. They don't want to pay for paper bags 1/21/2015 1:05 PM and they don't want to be hauling their own bags with them.
3 Other jurisdictions adopting the ordinances will increase their effectiveness. 1/19/2015 9:26 AM
4 I think exceptions should be reduced. I'm still getting my newspaper every day in a plastic bag, which I recycle 1/17/2015 12:40 PM back to the delivery person. I don't know a better answer for that, though.
5 These ordinances only truly impact to low income and impoverished persons of the county. The wealthy can 1/12/2015 10:15 PM afford to buy bags or reusable bags. Those with limited or non-existent incomes cannot and are also unable to go elsewhere.
6 Reducing the number of single-use plastic bags we use seems like a pretty basic action to take for the 1/10/2015 5:11 PM environment. Thanks to all the jurisdictions that did this!
7 See above comments for why this is a bad idea. 1/9/2015 3:04 PM
8 I think it was a great idea to get rid of the plastic bags. Paper bags for a small fee is always an option if you don't 1/9/2015 10:25 AM want to get reusable bags. The only complaints I have heard have come from people shopping here from Pierce County.
9 I think the whole state should adopt it. 1/8/2015 10:33 PM
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10 I'm very frustrated with this ordinance and willfully chose to go around or violate wherever possible. Thurston 1/8/2015 8:52 PM county has no right to force this change or consumers or business owners. If a change must happen, it should come through education and awareness, not the government holding a gun to our heads...
11 I shop at places not covered by the ordinance whenever possible. I don't mind if they get my sales tax dollars. 1/8/2015 6:10 AM
12 It's too Big Brother. 1/7/2015 8:05 PM
13 Even though I think the ordinances should be kept in place I wonder if shoplifting has increased. I also say a little 1/7/2015 5:46 PM something under my breath at either having to pay for bags or carrying items in my arms. I am in the process of making some cute bags hoping this will encourage me to be more diligent in bringing them with me.
14 We need to change our way of life in order to support our environment. I would like to see all plastic bags and 1/7/2015 4:01 PM cups replaced with biodegradable materials.
15 EXCEPT at the malls. Nobody likes shopping for clothing or other type items where they have to carry their bags 1/7/2015 3:49 PM in and out of every store!!!
16 It's amazing how I'm now conditioned to bring in my own bag and when I go to other locals that provide plastic 1/7/2015 9:54 AM bags it throws me off. I like using my own bag!
17 It's inconvenient. Not only am I buying chintzy paper bags at the store if I forget my fabric ones, but I'm also 1/7/2015 8:50 AM buying garbage bags for my bathroom cans.
18 I think the ordinance should be revised. I get very annoyed paying for bags that used to be free that advertise the 1/6/2015 8:40 PM store. For instance, if I'm at a department store and spend a couple hundred dollars, the store should GIVE me a bag. Not only have I purchased their merchandise, but now I'm hauling around a bag advertising for them. I think the plastic bags should continue to be eliminated, but the stores should supply paper bags for free for those who choose to go in thedirection of paper bags.
19 instead of punishing those of us who forget, they should reward those who bring their own bags. 1/6/2015 11:30 AM
20 Next you will want to do regular inspections in my house. 1/6/2015 6:51 AM
21 Encourage people who don't reuse and properly dispose of plastic bags to use the pricey, germy reusable bags 1/5/2015 8:30 PM and let the rest of us save some money and headaches.
22 If we, as a customer, have to abide by this why the need to penalize us by charging for bags especially since 1/5/2015 11:06 AM everyone does not have to pay. Shame Shame!
23 Although a hassle and at times frustrating (especially for store employees, I'm sure!) I think the plastic ban is a 1/3/2015 9:44 PM good choice. We need our world clean and healthy, and lowering plastic use is a step towards that.
24 Should be statewide 1/3/2015 11:42 AM
25 The ordinance should be amended to allow larger paper bags free of charge to the consumer. 1/3/2015 8:16 AM
26 Until you ban disposable diapers (and the biohazard they create in every public place) , I won't believe this 1/3/2015 7:25 AM ordinance serves any practical purpose besides show. Biodegradable plastic bags would be the best option.
27 I understand why this was done but I really think the retailer should provide the paper bags for no charge. Its 1/2/2015 4:21 PM ridiculous!
28 The ordinances should be removed and other jurisdictions in Thurston County should also remove theirs. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
29 It makes no differance in waste management. Very tiny drop in giant bucket! 1/2/2015 9:50 AM
30 Paper bags I found to be a hassle with groceries compared to when I got plastic bags and I don't reuse the paper 1/2/2015 9:14 AM ones unlike the plastic where I could use in multiple ways around the house.
31 Remove ordinance now!! 1/2/2015 9:11 AM
32 all the above. Mainly now I have to buy heavy duty plastic and useless if not statewide. 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
33 What "ordinances" is Thurston County going to jam down our throats next ?? 1/2/2015 8:34 AM
34 It's good for Mother Earth. Everyone should do it! 1/2/2015 8:03 AM
35 I am new to the area. While I appreciate the push to use reusable bags, I don't like it being legislated. 1/1/2015 8:39 PM
36 Doesn't matter. Either way, I'm using a bag. Plastic, paper, reusale, as long as there is SOMETHING to carry 1/1/2015 7:37 PM stuff out in.
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37 The cashiers should not have to handle the dirty reusable sacks that some people bring to the stores. Also those 1/1/2015 5:08 PM that least seem to afford it, they end up buying paper sacks.
38 This should have gone to a vote of the public since this effected everyone. 1/1/2015 12:41 PM
39 But we shouldn't be charged to use paper RECYCLABLE bags!! I get reducing plastic but why make us pay for 1/1/2015 10:43 AM something that was provided before. Our cost of groceries didn't go down!!!
40 it slows down the check out process. It also increases theft because people can easily just walk out with items in 1/1/2015 10:33 AM hand
41 I was against this to begin with, but am now totally onboard. I wish there was a way to cut down on other plastic 1/1/2015 10:26 AM debris that should get recycled, but doesn't, like pop and water bottles.
42 But without the 5-cent bag fee for paper bags. 1/1/2015 10:18 AM
43 Walking around a mall with reusable grocery bags is a pain and most of the time they are too small. 1/1/2015 9:56 AM
44 Instead of taking the short cut lazy approach to ban these bags, why dont we figure out how to recycle them. I 1/1/2015 9:28 AM thing the ban was a demonstration of how our leaders choose lazy solutions.
45 BAN the bag ban!!! It does NOT save the planet! 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
46 if a customer forgets to bring a bag, the paper bag only costs five cents 1/1/2015 7:23 AM
47 I think the gov't should not keep enacting laws to "protect" us. Give us the ability to do the right thing if we choose 1/1/2015 7:02 AM to. I would continue to use reusable bags, but not like being forced to.
48 I dont believe the reuse bags are sanitary. I see bags brought in with cat hair and meat juice. I think it is time to 1/1/2015 5:07 AM rethink this ordinance
49 Somebody is making $ off these bags where does that revenue go ? 1/1/2015 12:53 AM
50 Especially since reusable bags are actually WORSE for the environment than plastic bags. 12/29/2014 11:21 AM
51 I don't need the government bureaucrats choosing what's best for me based on the politically correct cause of the 12/26/2014 11:23 AM week. I can make my own choices.
52 the thing I do not like about this, is having to remember to take in bags and if you don't then you have to pay for 12/21/2014 6:14 PM bags - when you are purchasing items in the store. Maybe there needs to be big signs posted to remind you to bring in your reusable bags.
53 The main issue with the ordinance is the county mandating stores to charge a fee, but this fee is not collected by 12/21/2014 12:47 PM the county. If it is a tax it should be collected, but if not, stores should have the freedom to absorb this fee as they had been doing prior to the ordinance.
54 In an ideal world, we would remember our reusable bags and wouldn't have needed an ordinance in the first 12/18/2014 7:07 PM place. Do paper bags cause as much damage with killing trees?
55 The ordinance is a major inconvenience and should be removed. If people want to use very usable bags let them. 12/17/2014 8:40 PM I'm tired of government making decisions for me, this is America.
56 Ordinance is good, but we buy more plastic now. So what is better- I don't know. But never charge customer for 12/17/2014 3:14 PM paper bags stores provide. We re- use it or re- cycle.
57 These ordinances are an incredible waste of time, energy, and money, in addition to being hugely inconvenient 12/16/2014 10:40 PM and petty. Please repeal them!
58 I am considering buy plastic grocery bags in bulk online 12/16/2014 10:20 PM
59 I could care less but I know a lot of my friends either avoid shopping at places that have implemented the ban, 12/15/2014 11:14 PM any store in Thurston Co, or just buy more small plastic garbage bags from stores.
60 This is only another revenue stream for stores so they can sell you a bag. Another government in kahoots with 12/15/2014 7:54 PM big business situation.
61 I can't answer this at the present time. I'm really not sure. I like the idea, but I would prefer it if it were changed to 12/14/2014 9:54 PM make exceptions for plastic, BIODEGRADABLE bags. We use them at the place I work downtown (on the sly, just from stock we already had), and I think it'd be a great, environmentally friendly solution.
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62 I do not see the value in this ordinance. It is SUCH an inconvenience and watching the clerks who are willing to 12/14/2014 9:47 PM bag your items it painful. It take WAY more time in the check out lane now. Also, now I try to shop as often as I can in other counties so I can get the bags I need.
63 If people object, I suggest showing images of plastic "islands" in the ocean. And maybe birds that died after 12/14/2014 8:32 PM ingesting plastic pellets.
64 Its a great idea and helps reduce consumption on plastic and helps the environment. We should adopt more 12/14/2014 8:28 PM methods to get people to recycle
65 I think they should stop charging for papers and still give discounts for using re-use bags. 12/14/2014 5:33 PM
66 Stupid ordinance 12/14/2014 4:48 PM
67 I think the mandatory charge for bags should be lifted and up to each store if they want to charge their customers 12/14/2014 4:26 PM the fee.
68 I like the ordinance at grocery stores. But as a retail store manager, in the mall, it makes things much more 12/14/2014 3:29 PM inconvenient.
69 I think we need another plan to reduce the use of plastic bags 12/14/2014 1:42 PM
70 I was living in Tiawan when they banned bags, really cleaned up the place 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
71 I think the tax is a good thing--taxes discourage certain behaviors while giving people more flexibility, and the 12/9/2014 11:03 PM revenues can be used to offset the ecological impact of the behaviors--but I'm not convinced that paper and reusable bags are a better option than single-use plastic bags, especially if we improved recycling efforts.
72 I am all for encouraging people to reuse bags, and that is what I have done in the past. I don't appreciate this not 12/8/2014 6:48 AM going to a vote and at times it is very inconvenient. I used most all of the plastic bags I received from stores for other uses and recycled the rest. Now I am buying rolls of plastic trash bags which I have not done in the past.
73 single use bags are much cleaner and i always recycled them. 12/5/2014 7:56 AM
74 This NEEDS to be nation wide soon 12/4/2014 5:58 PM
75 Those responsible should be removed from office. 12/1/2014 9:24 AM
76 I am handicap (hands) and cannot carry paper bags without a handle. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
77 I am mixed. I miss the convenience of the plastic handles but I was someone who reused the bags...for dog 11/26/2014 8:43 AM poop, carrying items, for wet clothing after soccer games (coach)...most people are not that good with them.
78 Do not call them "single use" bags. I have not met anyone who did not reuse the plastic bags at home. They, like 11/25/2014 2:41 PM me, really miss getting a constant supply of the bags and have to scrounge them from other sources now.
79 Please bring back the plastic bags. 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
80 It is a hindrance. Cashiers are always complaining or apologizing for it. Many customers that are not "greeners" 11/24/2014 7:07 PM are also unhappy. It seems to have been bad word of mouth press for the area. I know I have complained numerous times on social media about it as have other locals.
81 Education is better than forcing change in this instance. Teach people the impact of plastic bans and allow them 11/24/2014 11:36 AM to decide for themselves.
82 It is ahassle and i see no benefits for the the customer, resident, or business owners. 11/23/2014 10:03 PM
83 Plastic bags were sturdier and had multiple uses. Paper breaks easily esp with wet groceries or overloading it is 11/23/2014 9:45 PM harder to get children to help learn responsibly and help with groceries. And school shopping...all three kids I took broke their bags somewhere in the mall by banging the against their legs just being kids. No one is happy about it. Clerks or customers. Co workers are now shopping outside city limits to protest the ordinance.
84 This.is.a.pain.in.the.ass! 11/23/2014 12:08 AM
85 Supermarket need to update their check out counters to accommodate bring your own bags. 11/22/2014 11:28 PM
86 I want the plastic bags back as a customer and as a cashier 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
87 Plastic bag bans are happening all over the place. It is incredibly important that the human race leave as small as 11/22/2014 11:03 AM a footprint on the environment as possible.
88 Please remove!!! 11/22/2014 9:05 AM
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89 Doing away with the plastic is fine. They aren't biodegradable but charging for paper bags when they were free 11/21/2014 3:23 PM before is unnecessary and can be costly to consumers.
90 What a pain! I refuse to buy paper bags and give the county tax revenue, but forget my reusable bags in the car 11/21/2014 12:16 PM most of the time. So everything in my cart goes to the car open in the cart for all the world to see. I will go to Lewis or Pierce County for large shopping trips.
91 Make the bags biodegradeable. That would help the problem instead of shifting from using grocery-provided bags 11/21/2014 10:43 AM to having to buy bags.
92 Remove the ordinance all together and stop businesses from changing for bags...or keep the ordinance and 11/21/2014 8:16 AM make it voluntary for businesses to charge for bags that way the customer can choose to do business with whom they please based on preference and/or cost.
93 I researched this issue and learned the use of plastic bags does not have any more negative impact than the 11/20/2014 10:45 PM impact caused by the production of other bags including reusable.
94 Since we always re-use and recycle the bags, I would like the freedom to be able to use them once more. In 11/20/2014 5:13 PM addition to the newer reusable bags, I have some cloth bags that are over 25 years old, so I have been careful about waste for many years.
95 Please remove the ban. It is not doing anything except costing people money and is a huge inconvenience. There 11/20/2014 5:03 PM is the same amount of trash on the roads and people just have to by plastic bags for other purposes instead of REUSING the ones from the store.
96 I am humiliated every time I am in the checkout line of a store and realize I have forgotten my bags, yet again. 11/20/2014 4:17 PM The people who smugly carry their bags irritate me to no end. I think Christmas at the Mall is going to be a joke. I plan on going just to see the poor schmos trying to juggle multiple purchases with no bags!!
97 I would like it if somehow, some way plastic bags could be offered to customers like me who use them for 11/20/2014 3:01 PM garbage can liners. I understand that they're bad for the environment so if there was more of a 'green' solution that would be wonderful too!
98 Make people pay 5¢ for the plastic bag if they want one. Just like the paper one. 11/20/2014 8:32 AM
99 There are so many other uses for the plastic bags after the initial use that people are using what they have left of 11/20/2014 8:22 AM them or just using a different plastic bag for their needs. It may help a little bit not a whole heck of a lot.
100 In theory it's a good idea. In practice however, it's not working. 11/20/2014 2:05 AM
101 Manufacturers are making biodegradeable plastic bags - or use paper,- I won't pay a nickle each, however, that 11/19/2014 11:16 PM is ridiculous usury.
102 I like being old school. I like that there is still a paper option 11/19/2014 9:43 PM
103 Bags are necessary 11/19/2014 9:19 PM
104 It should be modified. Paying for paper seems redundant, plastic yes not paper. It use to save you money using 11/19/2014 8:58 PM your own sack now it cost if you don't.
105 I don't mind the plastic bag ban. What I do have a problem with is charging 5 cents for paper bags. The paper 11/19/2014 8:37 PM bags were free prior to the ban so they should remain that way. Charging money makes the lines at the grocery store slow down. The cashier has to know exactly how many paper bags a person is going to purchase before s/he can move on to the next customer.
106 I'm unsure yet, seems like a lot of paper bags are being sold, not sure what the greater impact of that is. Seems 11/19/2014 8:15 PM like some smaller plactic bags should be ok.
107 You need to STOP PLAYING GAMES with your stupid PC CRAP. I find it quite interesting how the wealthy/ rich 11/19/2014 8:12 PM like to impose their crappy ideas on to the poorest people just because they can and because they think it is funny to nail the poor!!!!
108 I think it works okay and it helps reduce waste overall. 11/19/2014 6:23 PM
109 Hate it. 11/19/2014 4:31 PM
110 I'm starting to hate grocery shopping. 11/19/2014 2:33 PM
111 The whole community should work together to reduce waste and these ordinances give a much-needed push to 11/19/2014 10:24 AM those for whom it's not a personal value or habit.
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112 We fully support the ordinance. The down side is that we may forget our bag(s) So what, we just take it to the car 11/19/2014 9:56 AM and move the items to our bags. We both fell it is a wonderful idea.
113 You need to come up with productive ways to recycle the plastic bags!!!!!! 11/18/2014 9:58 PM
114 Only in grocery stores. Not other retail stores. It's ridiculous at home depot. 11/18/2014 8:28 PM
115 All this does is cost money without any tangible benefit to the environment or our quality of living. It is a feel good 11/18/2014 7:55 PM measure that was easy (politically) to impose on businesses and the public. Please give me back the power to choose.
116 Even though I feel inconveniences, I realize that many or most people threw the bags in the garbage after one 11/18/2014 6:45 PM use, and many stores provided cheap bags that barely survived the trip home and weren't reusable due to holes.
117 Whatever. I recognize it does cut down on plastic. It is a little annoying to have to buy bags though. 11/18/2014 6:45 PM
118 I think most people who use plastic bags use them for many uses, such as pet poop, trash liners, for people who 11/18/2014 6:38 PM have vegetable gardens, they use them to transport the produce from garden to house.
119 This is a great ordinance! I'm proud to be a part of helping our town, county, state and planet! 11/18/2014 6:27 PM
120 Or, at least let the store provide paper for free if they choose. I spend $100s of dollars and I'm miffed by the 11/18/2014 6:23 PM notion that I need to give them money to put my purchases in a paper bag. I get not using plastic, but when buying clothes at the mall, they need the option of giving me a paper bag of sorts.
121 I never agreed with the ban because I recycled my plastic at store when through with them. I don't think people 11/18/2014 5:40 PM should be FORCED to carry or buy bags specifically for something plastic was used prior, should be by choice.
122 I shop in other countries to avoid this issue. 11/18/2014 5:24 PM
123 Don't penalize people that are responsible because of a few that are not. It's always going to be this way and you 11/18/2014 5:12 PM cannot legislate out stupidity, as it only ends up hurting and costing those that are responsible. Yet those that are irresponsible continue to be irresponsible.
124 I think our manufacturers could do better at reducing plastic and our fast food places should be using more 11/18/2014 5:10 PM recyclable take out containers.
125 This just costs me extra money and hasn't reduced my plastic bag use at all. I am just forced to buy them now. 11/18/2014 4:56 PM
126 I think that the stores should provided paper bags like years ago at no cost to the public, 11/18/2014 4:51 PM
127 This ordinance is wasteful, imposes financial hardship on low income families who otherwise reuse plastic bags 11/18/2014 1:39 PM over and over for many things. It also makes it hard for travelers trying to keep things clean - imagine your 5 year old vomiting in the car - wait - now you have to stop in the middle of the road to throw up where everyone is walking. Oops dad had diarrhea and its a long way home - let's all smell his dirty underwear in that nice strong reusable bag that can't be sealed and suddenly has a one time use. That poor lady just lost her eggs and orange juice all over the wet sidewalk trying to hold onto that paper bag now wet from her frozen peas and the pouring rain while trying to get to the bus stop in her manual wheelchair.
128 I nearly always brought my own bags before the ordinance. On the rare occasion I didn't, I got plastic bags which 11/18/2014 11:31 AM I use to line garbage cans. The produce bags are not large enough to do this.
129 I have very bad rheumatoid arthritis. More than a few items in the bag and it's too heavy for me to carry and I have 11/17/2014 8:46 PM to ask my husband for help.
130 If a retailer wants to give me a bag, what business is it of yours to force them to charge me for a bag. 11/17/2014 8:11 PM
131 I shop in other countries to avoid this issue. 11/17/2014 5:28 PM
132 Please remove the ordinance now! 11/17/2014 4:49 PM
133 Repeal this legislation. It is a total joke. Stay out of my personal transactions with retailers. 11/17/2014 4:16 PM
134 Makes for more of a mess when people are having to carry items out since they are not bagged. 11/17/2014 3:12 PM
135 The cost of managing this program is just another tax paid by the producers in society to the government takers. 11/17/2014 3:07 PM
136 Eliminating plastic from the waste stream is important. Keep it up! 11/16/2014 4:48 PM
137 Honestly, I still think customers should have the option to get plastic bags. Even though I recycle, bring reusable 11/16/2014 3:46 PM bags, and compost and all that, I would like the option of getting plastic bags because sometimes that's what I want and need.
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138 I am NOT convinced this ordinance does that much to save the environment. I think empty plastic water bottles 11/16/2014 1:56 PM six pack rings are a MUCH bigger problem.
139 I feel that this should have been a public vote issue and not a mandate placed by the Commissioners. I feel that it 11/16/2014 11:35 AM has made little to no impact on roadside garbage since the majority of that is from fast food which uses paper bags and paper wrappers already. The "bag tax" is extortion and adds to the consumers costs in an already challenging economic time. Try doing something helpful for consumers for a change.
140 This ordinance is a PITA. It should be reversed. IF people choose to bring their own bags, great but plastic bags 11/16/2014 6:48 AM should be able to be used as they had been.
141 It should be state law 11/15/2014 12:18 PM
142 i'm not sure why we have it so I don't know if it's helping 11/15/2014 10:48 AM
143 If people want to use reusable bags, that is great, but it shouldn't be forced on everyone. I have three little kids 11/14/2014 8:06 PM and I have more important things to be thinking about than remembering to bring bags to the store. I find this ordinance annoying.
144 This was just a 'I'm so good feel good' ordinance passed by folks that have the power to run our lives. 11/14/2014 6:19 PM
145 I am fine with using free paper bags. The problem with the ordinance is that it requires that we pay for them. 11/14/2014 4:19 PM Convenience has a tremendous value and this type of heavy handed government requirement does nothing but make life worse for people.
146 I think it is wonderful! 11/14/2014 3:42 PM
147 maybe they could bring back the plastic bags but charge for them too. other wise people 11/14/2014 2:58 PM
148 It's been proven to be hat plastic grocery bags don't take up that much space in landfills. This whole thing is 11/14/2014 8:09 AM dumb.
149 As a health and safety aspect for cashiers, this law needs to be removed. There are bio degradable bags, that 11/14/2014 6:37 AM retailers can use. Since the bag law has been implemented more cashiers where I work are getting sick, getting rashes or having asthma attacks.
150 At least for retailers. Going to the mall, and from store to store makes shoplifting a boy easier since the clerks 11/14/2014 6:36 AM cannot easily tell shads theirs or what you came in with from another store. Or walking around the mall with a paper bag, seriously inconvenient!
151 I feel like I live in a communist country. Why not enforce litter laws instead of removing a great product? 11/13/2014 11:52 PM
152 The 'single use' bags are used more then one time in my home. Depending on use some get used many times. 11/13/2014 11:03 PM So to claim they are one time only use is serious propaganda. Not to mention the fact that before the ban on these bags paper bags were free, and now I have to pay for them? Not to mention the fact that the paper bags are complete rubbish and can't hold many items without tearing. To top it off businesses don't do a very good job at maximizing bag capacity. Resulting in having to pay for more bags. Check out lines in general are slower due to odd sized reusable bags, costing me time.
153 Shouldn't the "right to choose" principle be applied to choosing reusable or plastic as well? 11/13/2014 10:18 PM
154 What happened to letting citizens vote? 11/13/2014 7:37 PM
155 If one country does the ban, everyone should have to do it. I don't want to waste energy trying to figure out if I'm 11/13/2014 7:17 PM in the county limits or not.
156 It makes me want to move! 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
157 And the idiots that voted it in need to be flogged and removed from office 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
158 Frankly Im sick of government in my life. I don't think that putting in a plastic bag ban is a vital government role. 11/13/2014 6:40 PM
159 NO need for it.. it wont help in the long run. 11/13/2014 5:41 PM
160 I'm not sure. 11/13/2014 5:01 PM
161 This is a move in the right direction to eliminate wastefulness. We will adjust and eventually, I'll remember to 11/13/2014 4:19 PM bring my reusable bags.
162 Ridiculous ordinance. There's far more other trash than plastic bags so not sure why they were chosen as the fall 11/13/2014 3:37 PM guys.
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163 Paper bags are more harmful to produce. What good does it do to load up all this plastic laden packaged food 11/13/2014 3:09 PM into reusable bags?
164 It's a huge pain. 11/13/2014 2:50 PM
165 When I traveled in Europe we HAD to bring our own bags or pay. It just takes time to get used to it. 11/13/2014 2:37 PM
166 It's fantastic and is so good for our environment! 11/13/2014 2:34 PM
167 its plain stupid 11/10/2014 12:34 PM
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1 More big government intrusion on personal lives. 1/23/2015 2:19 PM
2 Problems: Inconvience, cost and cleanliness. In my opinion, this subject should be on the next ballot and let the 1/21/2015 1:05 PM citizens of Thurston County vote on whether or not to continue with this ordinance. Thurston County Solid Waste is hurting the retailers in this county if it causes the residents of Thurston county to shop out of town just to be supplied with free bags. At any rate, if you're shopping out of town and bringing plastic bags back to Thurston County, it really isn't helping. So it makes no sense. Cost: Why do stores charges 5 cents per bag, when back in the old days they provided paper bags for free? Why not roll back to the way it used to be? There were no plastic bags. And why isn't the price for bags incorporated into the stores overall budget, instead of the cost falling back on the customers. People don't want to pay for this when they didn't have to pay before. Inconvenience and cleanliness: Not only do you have to remember to bring you own bags, I don't even want to think about the germs on your personal bags, inside and on the handles, and the diseases that could be spread. Then they are handled by the person ringing you up at the register who may be sick. Then you pick them up and its transferred to you. Plus you transfer germs and bacteria to your personal bags, if the store doesn't provide Purell to wipe the handle of your shopping cart. And the meat, chicken, and dairy that you place in your bag could transfer some very deadly diseases and bacteria like ecoli. The reuse of these bags are not sanitary and these bags cannot always be washed due to the fabric or the fact that they will fall apart. Someone could get very sick or could be hospitalized or die from disease transferred to them from their contaminated and dirty personal shopping bag, which we are now forced to use because of this ordinance. There could be a resulting lawsuit, who knows. I feel that this ordinance would be better received and more sanitary if the paper bags were provided for FREE. Why not, just like back in the old days before plastic bags. No more personal bags that carry germs and free paper bags. Everyone would be happier and safe, and so would Thurston County because there would be no plastic bags either. Problem solved.
3 I should be able to buy a bunch of plastic bags for dog waste. Also, where is my money going? Who gets the .05? 1/20/2015 10:08 PM
4 The Olympian should be forced to stop distributing "supplemental" advertisements in plastic bags. These are 1/19/2015 12:54 PM thrown into driveways where they often accumulate - empty house, owners away, ignored by home owners. Subscribers as well as non-subscribers receive them. The litter they create is significant and unsightly.
5 I am very supportive of reducing our plastic use. So much of our produce now is prepackaged in hard recyclable 1/17/2015 12:40 PM plastic. I reuse some of that to the extent I can, but much of it does not have any practical use. One of the members of my dollhouse miniatures group made tiny "Chihuly" art glass bowls by painting and melting slightly the hard plastic.
6 Truly did anyone actually think about who would be impacted by this ordinance? Perhaps if whoever thought this 1/12/2015 10:15 PM up were around seniors, homeless or low income persons they might have come up with a way to promote reusable bags and give business incentives to discontinue plastic bags so some would still be available for those who need them. Also back in the 80's we have vegetable based bags, why are we using toxic paper bags instead of a greener alternative? More thinking, less jumping please.
7 I hear complaints around me now and then but it has not changed anything for me. 1/12/2015 7:10 PM
8 This is ridiculous. T.T.find something else to do 1/11/2015 11:11 PM
9 People will get used to the ordinance over time. Please leave in place. 1/11/2015 3:10 PM
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10 I don't have an issue at the grocery store. Where I do have an issue is at department stores, home stores, etc. 1/11/2015 1:42 PM Consumers often don't know what, if anything, they will actually be purchasing. For example, on a recent trip to Bed Bath & Beyond we purchased a couple of large items as well as 4 small ones. We didn't drag bags into the store because we didn't know we'd be purchasing. In the confusion of paying, getting the receipt, etc., we left the store and only after returning home, realized that an expensive item had been left on the store counter. This required a second trip back to the store to retrieve the item -- very expensive. And why is that those of food stamps get a free pass on the bags and get them at no charge? I know that they have been provided reusable bags at no charge already, so why more freebies? Frustrating.
11 The sight of all those plastic bags blowing around in the air and out on the desert around the pyramids in Egypt 1/10/2015 5:11 PM really sickens me. The solution seems pretty simple.
12 Let consumers decide what bags they want 1/9/2015 5:46 PM
13 Outreach is ridiculous. You're the county government. You don't need to be doing outreach. Leave people alone. 1/9/2015 3:04 PM
14 This ordinance forces us to become more responsible citizens and helps our environment. 1/9/2015 10:35 AM
15 Keep the ban on plastic bags in place! I have definitely seen less plastic bag litter floating around the streets, and 1/9/2015 10:25 AM people seemed to have started to cope with it just fine. Even people who were grumbling a little bit before the ban started have now adapted and are dealing with it.
16 Good step in the right direction! 1/9/2015 9:10 AM
17 I use the bags for so many different uses, they were really handy. 1/9/2015 6:46 AM
18 I would think theft would increase in the stores as having things bagged was an indication that the customer 1/9/2015 5:02 AM purchased the items. Now items don't have to be bagged.
19 Most of my knowledge on the ordinance came from word of mouth. 1/8/2015 10:33 PM
20 I think this is a great ordinance. What people seem most made about is having to pay for paper. What about a 1/8/2015 9:36 PM bag loaner program that is 5cent deposit rather than pay for paper?
21 I was happy to hear about the plastic bag ban and am glad to comply. 1/8/2015 9:40 AM
22 it's the right thing to do 1/8/2015 7:28 AM
23 I still see lots of plastic litter all over the towns covered by this ordinance. 1/8/2015 6:10 AM
24 I like the whole concept I believe not just our county should do this, but the whole country. It's easy and the right 1/7/2015 10:44 PM thing to do??
25 I did reuse plastic bags, & now I'm running out of them. Sometimes I will go to a chain store such as Walgreens 1/7/2015 8:05 PM or Big Lots in Lakewood or Tacoma (not a special trip, but if I happen to be there anyway) instead of down here so I can get bags. Keep in mind this represents local sales tax leakage...
26 It's a good idea to reduce the amount of plastic bags. You should adjust having require every type of business to 1/7/2015 3:49 PM meet that requirement.
27 It's a fine ordinance. Let's keep it. 1/7/2015 3:13 PM
28 I am going out of my way to shop at other stores that do not have this problem 1/7/2015 2:19 PM
29 Cut back plastic, cut back waste just makes sense 1/7/2015 11:05 AM
30 I no longer use reusable carry out bags at the check out because of sanitation concerns. 1/7/2015 10:21 AM
31 I'm unsure where to recycle the smaller plastic bags now since the recycle box is no longer in my grocery store. 1/7/2015 9:54 AM
32 Pain in the ass! moot point since you can still get plastic bags numerous places through out stores 1/7/2015 9:24 AM
33 i usually remember bags when going grocery shopping - I almost always forget when doing other kind of 1/7/2015 7:58 AM shopping (clothes, shoes, etc)
34 Not everyone who brings in a reuseable bag practices good hygene and sanitary practices. Their bags are right 1/6/2015 8:40 PM up on the food check out counter and who knows what germs and bacteria are on those bags. Some of the bags I've seen have never seen the inside of a washing machine, and are covered in pet hair.
35 I see alot of people complaining about this no plastic bag thing 1/6/2015 1:47 PM
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36 When I buy $200 worth of groceries, I shouldn't have to purchase bags...even though they are only a nickel. Let 1/6/2015 11:30 AM businesses decide if they want to give away (recycled) paper bags free of charge. Continue to encourage bag re- use. I suspect most people are like my family in which bags get reused multiple times.
37 Stop over reaching and wasting tax payer monies. This is so ridicules that I make a conscious effort to spend my 1/6/2015 6:51 AM money outside of your over reach. Even this survey is bias and I'm sure will be used to give positive stats to something people find outrageous.
38 Plastic retails bags are not the environmental hazard ban proponents make them out to be. They are 100% 1/6/2015 6:04 AM recyclable and reused by 90% of consumers. EPA data shows they are only 0.4% of the U.S. municipal waste stream and, where real studies have been conducted, plastic bags typically account for less than 1% of overall litter.
39 This has been ridiculous and a violation of my basic rights as a customer. 1/5/2015 8:30 PM
40 This is something my husband and I FULLY support. 1/5/2015 8:09 PM
41 One of the worst ideas ever! 1/5/2015 8:36 AM
42 It's time for a change. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
43 It's time for a change. 1/4/2015 4:36 PM
44 Studies have shown that reusable bags are contaminated with viruses bacteria including salmonella and E Coli. 1/3/2015 8:45 PM A recent norovirus outbreak in OR was traced to a reusable shopping bag. Shopping with reusable bags is like bringing your used tissues into the store. Yuk!
45 I am on Social Security and many of my friends too, we reused those bags all the time for so many thing and i felt 1/2/2015 7:06 PM as long as i had some reusable store bag when i shopped i was doing my part
46 These ordinances don't work and seemingly hurt the poor the most who won't afford a $5 reusable bag. Plus, you 1/2/2015 6:38 PM can't legislate away behavior.
47 Hate hippies 1/2/2015 6:26 PM
48 STUPID! If you don't want us to use the plastic bags that's fine, but why shouldn't the stores continue to provide 1/2/2015 4:21 PM the bags - their cost not ours! If I take my own bag that's great, but if I don't have one provide it!
49 So tell me again what the difference is between reusing a plastic bag from the grocery store and the extra heavy 1/2/2015 1:49 PM duty garbage bags that are designed to withstand a lot? They both end up in the landfill, no?
50 I’ve asked the very same question, Who was the brainless wonder who came up with this one. Now instead to 1/2/2015 12:45 PM reusing our store bags over and over again I get to go buy small plastic garbage bags that take even longer to break down. I’ll bet the paper bag manufactures are laughing all the way to the bank. Oh and the cloth bags that have to be washed with soap will really help our environment.
51 This is a blatant overreach of governmental authority and an irresponsible abuse of time and money. 1/2/2015 12:19 PM
52 So any monies/ resources spared by banning plastic bags just got spent on a survey? I'm thankful I do not get all 1/2/2015 9:50 AM the government that I pay for!
53 I like that plastic bags are still available for meats and produce and would be mad if these were removed. 1/2/2015 9:44 AM Especially meat needs plastic bags.
54 Remove ordinance now!! 1/2/2015 9:11 AM
55 Why would food stamp folks not need to be encouraged to use no bags or reusable bags. 1/2/2015 8:54 AM
56 Forcing this ordinance is wrong !! Again, what's next ?? 1/2/2015 8:34 AM
57 I can deal with it at the grocery store, but it's really annoying to buy clothing or office supplies and have to carry 1/2/2015 7:34 AM them out in the rain with no bag. Try to return something if the package is all water spotted from the rain. Also, I have had people in line ahead of me at the grocery store with bags that reeked of sour milk. It's unsanitary.
58 Why are the poor exempt-why don't they recycle. Income level has NOTHING to do with recycling. You do not 1/2/2015 7:11 AM have the cajones to ban PAPER DIAPERS.
59 N/A. 1/2/2015 6:56 AM
60 Please check the bias of this survey. Most of the questions are obviously written to elicit a response that is pro- 1/1/2015 11:39 PM bag-ban. If you want accurate and honest feedback, create a neutral survey.
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61 Government is over stepping! 1/1/2015 9:46 PM
62 Would have preferred more bins to recycle plastic bags rather than having no choice on what I can use. 1/1/2015 8:39 PM
63 Did we get a bumper crop of trees this year. Why cut down more trees. Repeal this stupid ordinance 1/1/2015 7:24 PM
64 I so appreciate this environmental friendly initiative and so hope it spreads statewide. Thank you, Hilarie 1/1/2015 6:28 PM Hauptman
65 I think giving a discount or price reduction credit or something similar to the customer or the business when a 1/1/2015 6:17 PM reusable bag is used would be good. I was re using my plastic bags when shopping and would recycle them in the containers at the store if I had extra so the new ban and being forced to purchase bags is an inconvenience.
66 I don't mind using reusable bags, It took me awhile to remember to bring them with me. But I think not using 1/1/2015 5:49 PM plastic is a great idea
67 My primary complaint is that the public was not allowed to vote on an issue that has affected hundreds of 1/1/2015 5:06 PM thousands of people. This is not how government should operate.
68 The plastic bag ban is great. I have only talked to one couple who didn't like it and they complain about 1/1/2015 4:54 PM everything.
69 I work in King County and now try to shop up there when I can. I consider single-use bags as a reusable item, not 1/1/2015 2:33 PM only for trash, but for general hauling. I do not litter the roads with my single-use bags.
70 I think that using paper bags that you have to buy from the store is a HUGE waste of a very important 1/1/2015 12:41 PM resource...TREES. Plastic bags were created so we didn't cut down so many trees now we would rather cut down trees instead of fixing the problem of people misuse of plastic bags. This is not the correct solution to the problem.
71 The officials did not make a well education decision when they made this one. If one wants the truth, they should 1/1/2015 11:15 AM contact Gallatin Public Affairs in Seattle for the whole, true story why bags should not be banned.
72 I don't mind reducing the use of plastic bags if its better for the environment, but I do mind the 5 cent charge for a 1/1/2015 10:18 AM paper one when they were free prior to the law going onto effect.
73 A recycable palstic bag makes more sense to me. 1/1/2015 9:45 AM
74 Figure out how to recycle these bags and get rid of the ban. Nobody I know likes it and it is just a way for civic 1/1/2015 9:28 AM leaders to be PC about the environment. This ban does nothing.
75 We miss the ability to reuse plastic bags. It was surprising to see all the uses we had for them, now that they are 1/1/2015 8:46 AM gone.
76 Terrible idea. I'm happy to shop outside of Thurston. I find myself finding excuses to shop further from home than 1/1/2015 8:18 AM I need to. For example, I need to metro market for that special granola. But hey since I'm in Tacoma I should do all my shopping for the week. So off to all the other stores we have in thurston, but are charging me money. Yes I am that spiteful. People do not like being told what to do! A better solution, was to create a 5 cent reduction on your grocery bill for bringing your bags in. A 5 cent fee for paper and 10 cent for plastic. This gives people a little bit more control over their choices. And then after a couple of years visited a ban. People would probably be less resistant to the ban after some time of choosing not to pay 10 cents a bag. I'm just saying there were better ways to go about this and whoever came up with your communications plan and strategy-really sucked at thinking about the BIG picture of how to effectively get this done.
77 BAN the bag ban!! 1/1/2015 7:48 AM
78 Business owners from the plumber to my dentist have given away reusable bags this year and this is helpful. It is 1/1/2015 7:23 AM something useful we can all do regardless of politics.
79 Can't wait until they start fining us for leaving food scrapes in the pizza boxes instead of composting like in king 1/1/2015 6:38 AM county. Boy is that going to be good for the rat population
80 Other type of stores like JC Penney, Sears, Macy's, etc...should provide larger reusable bags as well. 1/1/2015 5:58 AM
81 Why is it always the consumer who has to pay for the change. 1/1/2015 4:59 AM
82 Several places allow single-use plastic bags to be turned in to be recycled. This ban is a hindrance. Banning 12/31/2014 4:34 PM plastic bags doesn't keep people from littering or disposing of their plastics how they see fit.
83 We need a statewide ban at least 12/29/2014 11:36 PM
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84 Can we at least pass ordinances that 1. Have a vote of the people and 2. Have a basis in science and aren't just 12/29/2014 11:21 AM emotionally-driven feel good bans?
85 Let the people who are so gravely concerned about plastic bags choose to not use them. If there's a problem with 12/26/2014 11:23 AM plastic bags on the side of the road or in the ocean, then start enforcing the litter laws.
86 I guess it's okay. I still think it's not right that at some of the clothing stores now that you have to pay & it's the 12/21/2014 6:14 PM same bag they were providing before the ordinance came into effect.
87 Plastic bags are recyclable. Why do we not require stores to have a recycle program. 12/21/2014 12:47 PM
88 There should have been a vote for the people 12/19/2014 9:40 AM
89 People will start remembering bags and liking it better after it has been in place for a while. It's better for the 12/18/2014 10:08 PM environment and just doesn't make sense to spend all that money making bags for one time use.
90 Its pretty easy to bring your own bag and you don't have to deal with as much plastic garbage 12/18/2014 9:52 PM
91 I think they should still be available, but paper should be more commonly used and encouraged. 12/18/2014 8:13 PM
92 This is still a free country only as long as we stop giving government too much power and control. People really 12/18/2014 7:34 PM need to wake up and downsize big government.
93 It's inconvenient, annoying, and pointless... It's amazing how the idiocy of others, and so called 12/18/2014 7:11 PM "environmentalists" have ruined it for every other responsible adult. Way to go washington, you suck again!
94 I have noticed a change, and it has been good. I just wish I still had single use bags on occasion. 12/18/2014 7:07 PM
95 Ordinance is good. But why shops charge us for paper bags? Why Govt tell shops to charge us? That should be 12/17/2014 3:14 PM removed. We shopped in a place where they provided free reusable paper bags. Since you bring this ordinance, they charge too- which is ridiculous from Government's part.
96 To reiterate, please repeal these ordinances. I mean this in the most polite and respectful manner possible: isn't 12/16/2014 10:40 PM there anything more pressing or important for the lawmakers of Thurston County to focus on? Plastic shopping bags are a legislative priority? Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the survey and make comments.
97 Make machine washable bags more available. Keep up the good work! 12/16/2014 7:03 PM
98 I think the bag ban should have been voted by the citizens of Thurston County. I resent this ordinance and try to 12/16/2014 4:42 AM shop in Lewis or Pierce county. This is especially true for clothing stores and other types of retail stores.
99 i've bought merchandise in non-groc stores that were bagged in single-use plastic, so wondering why some 12/15/2014 7:24 PM retailers were not included in the ban.
100 Its extremly frustrating purchasing a brown bag that rips while you're trying to load your grocery into your vehicle. 12/15/2014 12:15 PM Its also frustrating when you are driving home with these paper bags in the back of the trunk and my groceries just roll right out of the bag. It never happened with plastic, nor was i forced to pay for plastic bags.
101 I think the part about making stores charge a fee for bags should be eliminated. The stores should make that 12/15/2014 8:03 AM decision. Exempting welfare people is discriminating. What about seniors and disabled? It's a bad law
102 This was a great move by Thurston county, and I think it should be kept in place. People will get used to it. 12/15/2014 8:01 AM
103 It makes me reduce how much I buy 12/14/2014 10:06 PM
104 It'd be A++ if we could vote in an exception to the ordinance for biodegradable bags. 12/14/2014 9:54 PM
105 I really hope the ordinance is removed. Please. 12/14/2014 9:47 PM
106 I understand the thought but hate it. We reused our bags for tons of things and hate that they are now 12/14/2014 9:45 PM unavailable
107 It was the environmental extremists who moved us off paper bags and onto plastic bags in the first place. Now, 12/14/2014 6:22 PM those same environmental extremists have forced us from plastic bags onto other sources, including forcing us to pay for what was once free.
108 Remove it 12/14/2014 5:25 PM
109 please get rid of the ordinance 12/14/2014 4:48 PM
110 I love the plastic bag ban and people need to understand this ban is in place all over the country. I do wish there 12/14/2014 4:31 PM were more options available for USA or locally made reusable bags
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111 I think the bag ban should have been one that the voters decided. I don't think it is fair to make stores charge 5 12/14/2014 4:26 PM cents for a paper bag when the day before the ordinance they were free. It is also unfair to exempt welfare recipients for the bag free and not seniors or disabled. I get the ban on plastic really I do, but making stores charge for bags is stupid.
112 As a senior with two bad knees, when I forget my bags in the car it is not convenient for me to return to my car to 12/14/2014 4:11 PM get my bags. I always reused my plastic bags so I find the ordinance a pain.
113 I don't mind paying 5 cents for a bag and I should be better with reusable bags 12/14/2014 4:09 PM
114 Every time I shop I am reminded of this forced environmentalism and I don't like it at all. 12/14/2014 4:00 PM
115 I've noticed a much higher theft rate. 12/14/2014 3:29 PM
116 I see no difference except someone is making money on us to buy bags. Same garbage on the roads. This is a 12/14/2014 2:35 PM stupid ordinance!!
117 Even though I'm still adjusting, I think this is a good and morally correct change to make. 12/14/2014 1:55 PM
118 The same people twenty plus years ago told us paper bags were bad. Then plastic bags were implemented. Now 12/14/2014 1:47 PM plastic bags are bad for the environment and now same people who banned paper bags have pushed for a plastic bag ban. At some point common sense needs to come back. There is no reason we should be charged for paper bags. There is no reason we should have to carry bags around in our cars. The plastic bags were perfect for dog waste.
119 I don't hate the ban on plastic bags but I think a lot of people reused them anyway. And it has changed grocery 12/14/2014 1:42 PM shopping a lot to ban them. Id like to see plastic bags back in stores for convenience and so I can re use them again at home
120 If the store doesn't want to carry plastic bags because it cares about the environment, fine. I can live with making 12/14/2014 1:39 PM do where I want to shop. But having us pay even five cents for paper bags as an incentive is robbery in my opinion. I hate this law for that reason. It does nothing except anger me not make me research about plastic used, dangers or conservation.
121 good job 12/11/2014 12:18 PM
122 It's very obnoxious having to buy a bag at a store in the mall though. Especially if you are buying intimates. It's 12/8/2014 6:35 PM just not right. Don't charge for paper bags at the mall.
123 We did not vote for this ordinance and it is not right that it is forced on us. It rains too much here for paper bags to 12/5/2014 7:56 AM work well. The paper bags rip and drop my purchases onto the ground. I am forced to leave items that rolled under parked cars and I hate to litter.
124 Thank you for having the balls to go forward. Stick to what needs to be done! Thanks 12/4/2014 5:58 PM
125 As long as this ordinance is in place Thurston County can go to Hell. Boycott Thurston County 12/4/2014 2:25 PM
126 PLEASE let us get bags at the check out stands. We can be responsible adults that reuse and reduce use of 12/1/2014 4:23 PM bags. I do not want to get salmonella and other pathogens from blood seeping into my bags and onto other groceries. I want to put dirt, cleaners, chemicals, etc. in plastic bags. I really did not waste any bags prior to the ordinance. You and other environmentalists have done a great job of educating me and other citizens of the need to reduce our garbage/output.. We have garage sales where we put free boxes out filled with stuff that others can find useful and we no longer need. We donate to good will-type organizations. We put our food and paper waste back into the yard for healthier soil and landscaping. We use the smallest garbage container allowed, and it is frequently not full, and have done that for the past 25 years of marriage and while raising a family. We do our part. I consider this ordinance to be stupid.
127 I think this ban was a very bad idea and does nothing to "save" the environment. I have seen older folks struggle 11/30/2014 6:37 PM with paper bags, including the disabled. I was an infringement on our personal rights and a very poor idea.
128 All seniors and disabled citizens should not have to spend monies on paper bags. 11/30/2014 11:12 AM
129 please dont repeal the ordinance! we are innovators 11/29/2014 10:18 AM
130 GO HAWKS! 11/26/2014 11:59 PM
131 My kindergarten students used the bags when they forgot their backpacks. Now they just go without 11/26/2014 1:48 PM
132 Instead of extra plastic bags under my sink, now I have paper bags. Not much difference. 11/26/2014 8:43 AM
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133 As mentioned before, the only known downfall of plastic bags is that they clog the recycle trash machines. An 11/25/2014 2:41 PM intelligent engineer would figure out how to redesign the equipment instead of making everyone in the county stop using the product. Please don't treat us as children or people who can not make their own decisions. Greeners already use recyclable bags. Let the rest of us be free to make our own decisions and not be mandated to follow "your" precepts. We didn't even get to vote on it.
134 Thank you for your work on this. It's working! 11/24/2014 8:35 PM
135 Could have been better publicized. Why not provide free reuseable bags to everyone for the first month or two 11/24/2014 8:32 PM
136 This is not accomplishing whatever the intent was if it was environmentally based. There is no decrease in litter. 11/24/2014 7:07 PM If consumers are like me they are buying more plastic products rather than eliminating the use of plastic. It is also not helping recycling as the paper bags are not as multi purpose as the plastic bags were. I think calling them "single use" is misrepresenting as they fulfilled many household needs. Toddler accidents? Dirty wet shoes of a neighbor kid? Garbage liners? Trapped smell, wet, etc... These were recycled use not single use. I am happy that I had such a stash I still have some left! I think the only benefit I can see is for the city from the bag tax revenue, or the businesses for the reusable fiber bag sales. It has not translated to the tax payer/consumer.
137 A misguided law. 11/24/2014 11:36 AM
138 I think this ordinance should be reconsidered. It costs more money and i do not see the benefit. The paper bags 11/23/2014 10:03 PM cannot hold up to the same pressure. They cant get wet. The reusable seem to always get forgotten by my family and, frankly, make my groceries more jumbled and smooshed. Other stores...well neither paper or reusable work well for larger purchases and tend to tear. I do not see how this has helped, with the possible exception of those benefiting from the fees. This was a poor plan by local government.
139 I am glad you are asking for feedback. This was a terrible plan. Again bags rip, harder to teach kids to help and 11/23/2014 9:45 PM learn responsible chores, the cloth are forgotten, it is costing me the consumer more in bag fees and buying products to meet old reusable needs. $15 lunch bag, $3 plastic bags, etc... I spend more on plastic products then I ever did before. The bags rip easily. Your items get wet in the rain. And I see no positives in the community...same amount of litter. I also recycle all the paper bags..never reuse...which seems to be a huge waste. It wouldn't be as irritating if it didn't include malls and other stores. All in all...bad plan and very costly for families. Repeal. Please.
140 Retailers shouldn't charge for paper bags. 11/23/2014 5:26 PM
141 Now I have to buy plastic bags instead of re-using the ones I get when I shop. It's not saving me anything. It's 11/23/2014 12:08 AM costing me more.
142 I prefer free paper bags ( used to keep local mills going). I like the option of getting single use plastic bags I can 11/22/2014 9:47 PM use for waste and other household purposes. From our standpoint, the only thing that came out of the ordinance is now having to purchase small plastic bags or paper bags.
143 its so much easeier with the plastic bags and a lot of tuw customers want them back 11/22/2014 4:52 PM
144 Not having plastic bags is not a tragedy. People all over the world use reusable shopping bags. I always disliked 11/22/2014 2:00 PM having so many plastic bags around. only used them as garbage liners because I didn't know what else to do with them. I brought most of them back to the store to be recycled so it seems like the single use was just a waste of resources anyway. I'm fine with the new laws. Keep them!! Thank you!
145 There are other ways to handle Thurston counties "single use plastic bag" issue than to ban them. I had always 11/22/2014 6:00 AM tried to shop local to support my own community until this ban. I will continue to spend my money in Pierce county as long as this ban is in place.
146 It really doesn't matter to me. It is inconvenient having to remember and always forgetting the reusable bags. I 11/22/2014 2:14 AM hate I can't get plastic bags for other uses but I also like how much product I can fit in the reusable bags and it saves trips from the car to the house.
147 It took awhile to get used to using own bags with places that weren't grocery stores such as Target or clothing 11/21/2014 11:35 PM stores.
148 We should ban them as a state 11/21/2014 9:39 PM
149 Banning plastic bags is one of the best decisions and it's what needs to happen in other cities/countries etc. It's 11/21/2014 1:25 PM ludicrous to think we were given SO many plastic bags for one time purposes at the grocery store for so many years, what a waste! There's so much plastic in use in society already; plastic grocery bags are beyond unnecessary. Reusable bags are amazing, sustainable, practical and businesses stand to benefit from selling their own and having people represent the company with something simple like a reusable bag.
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150 Was this ever put to a vote of Thurston County citizens? 11/21/2014 12:16 PM
151 I don't mind using a re-useable bag, but I am not happy about having to buy plastic bags. So end result is not 11/21/2014 10:43 AM fewer bags in the landfill, just a change of where they come from.
152 I walk & bicycle alot. Used to see plastic bags littered everywhere. Our trails, sidewalks, roadways, and roadside 11/21/2014 9:17 AM greenery are getting cleaner and better now.
153 Remove this ordinance and put it on the ballot for the voters to make the decision at the next major election that 11/21/2014 8:16 AM includes President and Governor.
154 Every store l questioned stated the bag fee goes to the government as a fee,not to the stores. And then l learned 11/20/2014 10:45 PM tax is also charged on this fee. I also resent this intrusion and unrepresented taxation without having a vote. I wish the powers that be would do thorough research instead of embracing the politically correct perspective.
155 I find the plastic bag ban very annoying. 11/20/2014 6:09 PM
156 I feel like this ordinance was passed underhandedly. Legally, but not honestly. 11/20/2014 5:13 PM
157 please remove this ordinance! 11/20/2014 5:03 PM
158 This is a cumbersome and crippling law. The degree to which my hated of this ordinance is manifested can only 11/20/2014 4:17 PM be expressed in the amount of infinity x infinity. I hate being told what to do and I hate this law and the hippies who passed it and the self-righteous tree huggers who are unwittingly promoting the murder of more trees because of this ridiculous law.
159 Thank you for implementing this change...we all have to do our part to improve our environment and reduce 11/20/2014 2:22 PM waste!
160 I like how there is a plastic bag ordinance. I think it is better for the environment. 11/20/2014 9:00 AM
161 We are rv'rs and used to use the plastic bags for daily trash. Now we buy small plastic liners. 11/20/2014 8:32 AM
162 While I agree with the intentions of the ordinance, the complete elimination of the plastic bags does not mean 11/20/2014 8:22 AM less trash in Oly or Tumwater. It just means that people will find other things to use in place of the plastic bags and due to convenience. it will most likely not be a reusable bag.
163 The system is just trying to suck another dime out of it citizens. Stupid ordinance 11/20/2014 7:44 AM
164 I reuse the plastic "one time use bags" for a variety of things. The paper bags get uses ed once and then I put 11/20/2014 6:50 AM them in the trash. They are not good for anything.
165 i extremely dislike the new ordinance for the following reasons: my groceries are always crushed no matter how 11/20/2014 6:23 AM many bags I give the cashiers; cashiers mix meat with produce just to use less bags; some bags are impossible to wash; it takes forever to check out now; cashiers make the bags weigh a ton just to useless bags even if you have more.
166 Not a strong supporter of this since getting a job in retail. People are passionate about their views whether it's for 11/20/2014 2:05 AM using a plastic bag or not b
167 This whole thing is so much red tape and one more example of government wanting a slice of EVERYTHING. I'm 11/20/2014 12:26 AM so fed up. I refuse to vote for anyone who agreed to this. Greedy and corrupt and so against common sense. It affects FAR more than groceries!
168 I HATE THIS - I'm not a child and I resent being trated as such. We got one commissioner out, the other two 11/19/2014 11:16 PM should be worried!
169 The hardest part for me was forgetting that plastic bags are used in all store and when you shop at Macy's or 11/19/2014 11:03 PM Target or Joann's you still need to bring in a bag to cart you stuff out. Store security does look at you closely when you carry on a bag.
170 It is the right thing to do to make us think about our waste. 11/19/2014 10:17 PM
171 Train grocery store clerks on methods of using different size customer bags and putting the cold items into 11/19/2014 10:08 PM thermal bags when provided. Promote other regions that are limiting plastic bags: San Francisco, Europe, Korea. We're just catching up to other geographic regions.
172 Feels great to know that I am doing my part with the environment and has made me more aware of other things 11/19/2014 9:43 PM that I do now because of it. I recycle much more than I did.
173 I was heavily recycling the old bags. Don't appreciate it being a no-choice situation. People should chose 11/19/2014 9:23 PM
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174 When you go to a clothing store your not allowed backpacks etc... Having your own bag requires you to break 11/19/2014 9:19 PM that rule and get hassled at stores! This ordinance hurts businesses keep it ONLY for groceries but not candles, clothes, electronics etc stores
175 What about a program to recycle or reuse the cloth or reusable bags at checkstands for people who forget them. 11/19/2014 8:58 PM
176 A great idea. some people do not deal well with change. 11/19/2014 8:52 PM
177 It's important and effective. I hope the ordinance stays in place. 11/19/2014 8:41 PM
178 It is ridiculous that welfare recipients are exempt from the ban. Nobody should be exempt, especially those that 11/19/2014 8:38 PM are being supported by their community by being on welfare... We need drastic welfare reform, but that is another matter that needs attention. I am sure the voters will react to the ordinance.
179 We should not be charged money for the bags at the shopping mall. I don't want to carry around mulitple bags 11/19/2014 8:37 PM from home for things I might buy. I know I am going to need them when I go to the grocery store but at the mall you never know that you are going to buy.
180 Just another way for big business to make a profit. As nothing to do with the enviroment. Yet another way to 11/19/2014 8:26 PM screw the hard working people. Sad!
181 Watching a large amount of people carrying their food out of the stores with their arms fully overloaded and trying 11/19/2014 8:12 PM to balance all of their food and still unlock their car doors and hoping to not drop their food, just shows how idiotic this law really is.
182 The time for these bags has passed. I'm happy letting them go. 11/19/2014 7:46 PM
183 I am very much in favor of continuing a ban on plastic bags. I am glad that paper bags are available even for a 11/19/2014 7:33 PM small fee.
184 I believe that this is backward. Why not give a small discount to people that use reusable bags rather than charge 11/19/2014 7:22 PM to use a one time use bag? The bags still get paid for, but it feels more like a reward to the reusable bag shopper to get a discount. I hate getting charged, even the tiny $0.05 for a bag if I forgot mine. So I end up trying to carry my items in my hands. Not a pretty sight. Thank you for the opportunity to voice an opinion.
185 I just don't understand why we have to pay for paper 11/19/2014 7:16 PM
186 I personally feel like this ordinance is a special interest one. I don't feel like it truly reflected the majority opinion of 11/19/2014 4:52 PM the citizens (and visitors) of Thurston County. (By the way, I read all of the support material and surveys that were provided when the ban was rolled out and introduced to us.)
187 It's not making any less waste. It just makes stores look like they don't value their customers. 11/19/2014 2:33 PM
188 I must admit it is strange to forget to take a bag into stores like Macy's and walk out with clothes and receipt in 11/19/2014 2:11 PM your arms. I would think shoplifting could be a bigger problem now in these stores. Stores such as Fred Meyer need to have corporate buy in to these ordinances because the varying types of bags affects the checkers production which affects their employment. Consumers have to learn that if their bags are dirty or smelly they need to be washed or thrown away.
189 I'm sure people are stealing more stuff- and I now have to purchase plastic bags for pet waste and small garage 11/19/2014 11:48 AM cans
190 This is a bad idea and has done more harm than good. 11/19/2014 11:25 AM
191 Happy to have the ordinance in place despite a degree of inconvenience. 11/19/2014 10:24 AM
192 Thank you for doing this. Let's expand recycling as much we can. SD 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
193 Good move 11/19/2014 9:56 AM
194 For unexpected shopping I keep one extra larger reusable bag in each vehicle. I'm a big fan of reusable bags! 11/19/2014 9:35 AM And to clean I just wipe them of any spills. I sew them up when the fall apart and when really worn most stores will replace them at no charge. Thank you !!!
195 I would like to see grocery stores also eliminate the plastic bags used for produce. There was a time in the past 11/19/2014 9:25 AM when paper bags were used for produce.
196 It was difficult for clerks/waitpersons to ask if I want to purchase a bag. Not everyone is aware that the law 11/19/2014 9:20 AM requires the $.05 charge for one. Suggest all businesses use clear signage by the cash registers. The oness seemed to be on the clerk, to explain the charge...which was often greeted with a negative response/behavior.
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197 I am really unhappy with the ordinances and would like to have them removed. It is a real hassle and then you 11/19/2014 8:55 AM have to make sure the store associate has you bags before they start checking your order and the whole thing has made my shopping even less desirable than before.
198 It won't make any difference in this county, so what is the point. We routinely recycled out bags from the store for 11/19/2014 8:29 AM a number of purposes and the ban is a feel good measure for the liberals in this county.
199 Great idea! Works just fine 11/19/2014 7:24 AM
200 Since these kinds of bags have many uses after we use them for groceries, we are just having to find ways to get 11/18/2014 10:32 PM them in another way, such as from friends, or buying bags to use for pet waste, trash can liners, etc.Forcing retailers to charge for paper bags just makes it more annoying. I keep hearing people complain about it, while not realizing that the government made the rule about charging people for the bags.
201 I do have concerns about the amount of germs on reusable bags. 11/18/2014 10:15 PM
202 It is a nuisance for me because as previously stated, I reused my bags for many things around my house. Now I 11/18/2014 10:00 PM have to waste my money, to buy bags, for the above mentioned household duties to fill the landfills.
203 Your only implementation was to mandate them and outreach to inform people about the requirement. What 11/18/2014 9:58 PM happened to the idea of getting input from your constituents before the decision to pass the ordinance so alternatives could be explored??????
204 Grocery stores only please. 11/18/2014 8:28 PM
205 I've found how often I don't need a bag for small purchases. I also have a very small crushable bag I carry in my 11/18/2014 8:21 PM purse for times I may forget.
206 Love it! 11/18/2014 8:16 PM
207 Let people chose. Using mandates never work in the end because the minute you think you solved one problem 11/18/2014 7:55 PM (plastic bags littering the environment) you create three worse problems (filthy bags from filthy people, shoplifting and reusable bags littering the environment). I am all for cleaning up this county, but this is not the way to do it.
208 Stupid rip off by charging for paperbags. Simple way for a store to make more money, all in the name of bullshit 11/18/2014 7:48 PM socialist treehugging bastards.
209 I think this is fantastic for the environment and should be given more time for adjustment. People will adapt and 11/18/2014 7:35 PM find other things to get angry about.
210 Personnally, if the store can't afford to give me a bag to take a purchase home in, I don't need to be shopping 11/18/2014 6:56 PM there.
211 I hope it stays and becomes the new normal and expands further outside of our area. 11/18/2014 6:51 PM
212 I wish stores could offer a good plastic bag for 5 cents, like the ones Bayview used to have. I really think there 11/18/2014 6:45 PM should be the option to get a plastic bag.
213 I always tried to reuse my bags. This is a little heavy-handed & interferes in my choices. Also- I would reuse 11/18/2014 6:45 PM larger bags (like from dept stores) for donation bags to charities. Now I have no bags for them & have to use garbage bags.
214 Bring back the plastic bags! 11/18/2014 6:38 PM
215 This should be a statewide law and then a national one!! 11/18/2014 6:27 PM
216 I think it is annoying to have the ban in the mall. I don't want to carry larger sized items around the mall from store 11/18/2014 6:24 PM to store. Should be an option to have plastic in the retail stores.
217 I would love an environmentally sensitive solution for trash can liners. Also, I'd love it if my landlord got me a yard 11/18/2014 6:21 PM waste bin and a smaller trash can.
218 I still have plenty of plastic bags in storage I will continue to use and reuse, using those over cloth or paying for 11/18/2014 5:40 PM paper.
219 Do not implement these ordinances because a small percentage misuse/abuse using the small "one-use" bags. 11/18/2014 5:12 PM Penalizing those who are responsible is the tail wagging the dog...not the way to legislate or pass laws. I am disabled, and I often forget to bring the reusable bags with me, mostly because I use a cane and only have the use of one hand when I walk. I don't want special consideration because of that, just the option of making a choice for myself because I AM responsible with how they are used in my home.
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220 Merchants should warn customer if they will charge for a bag Before sneaking it in. Seattle Sur le table does that. 11/18/2014 5:04 PM
221 I used to think that Thurston Country was a great place. That's why I moved here six years ago. I'm putting my 11/18/2014 5:00 PM house on the market in the spring. This is a very unfriendly city and this ordinance pushed me over the edge. One person may not be a loss to Thurston Country but it's too bad. I spend an awful lot of money in your stores. Big loss to merchants.
222 Thanks for nothing! 11/18/2014 4:56 PM
223 I really hope you listen to the people that we will continue to use our stash of plastic bags for MANY other uses 11/18/2014 4:51 PM too, they are reusable. This ban is a joke.
224 I can see wanting to get rid of the plastic bags, but I don't see why the stores need to charge 5 cents for a paper 11/18/2014 4:51 PM bag. Like I said previously. Years ago that is all the stores had was paper bags.....
225 I will admit it is frustrating and difficult to change my habit and remember to bring the reusable bags. However, I'm 11/18/2014 4:47 PM in full support of making the effort towards a healthier and more sustainable environment so I have no complaints and support the movement for others to adopt this law.
226 For someone that does not normally do the grocery shopping in my household, I do not carry around reusable 11/18/2014 4:45 PM bags. When there is the occasion that i go to the store, I have to PAY for a paper bag or try to balance my purchases and conspicuously stuff my pockets. This ordinance is a complete joke and a waste of taxpayers' money to attempt to control the behavior of the public. If the bags are a problem for the recycling program, deal with that issue through education rather than ordinance.
227 I think that we should go back to the plastic bags, but if people bring in their own bags - then they should be given 11/18/2014 1:39 PM a credit on the balance owed. This could be a single fee credit regardless the number of bags to simplify accounting or a per bag credit. That would be far more beneficial to our environment.
228 My only complaint is having to take bags into a clothing store, such as JC Penney's, Macy's, etc. it is really a pain 11/18/2014 12:54 PM to have to carry my bags while trying on clothes!!
229 I detest this ordinance. Also, regarding your "Rethinking the American lawn" article, why don't you adopt these 11/17/2014 8:46 PM ideas on the lawns of the state offices?
230 The entire law is based on POOR SCIENCE. The UK Government has studies the issue at length: 11/17/2014 8:11 PM (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291023/scho0711buan-e-e.pdf) The study found that: • The environmental impact of all types of carrier bag is dominated by resource use and production stages. Transport, secondary packaging and end-of-life management generally have a minimal influence on their performance. • Whatever type of bag is used, the key to reducing the impacts is to reuse it as many times as possible and where reuse for shopping is not practicable, other reuse, e.g. to replace bin liners, is beneficial. • The reuse of conventional HDPE and other lightweight carrier bags for shopping and/or as bin-liners is pivotal to their environmental performance and reuse as bin liners produces greater benefits than recycling bags. • Starch-polyester blend bags have a higher global warming potential and abiotic depletion than conventional polymer bags, due both to the increased weight of material in a bag and higher material production impacts. • The paper, LDPE, non-woven PP and cotton bags should be reused at least 3, 4, 11 and 131 times respectively to ensure that they have lower global warming potential than conventional HDPE carrier bags that are not reused. • Recycling or composting generally produce only a small reduction in global warming potential and abiotic depletion.
231 Letting the bags be used and then having a recycling program at stores for those people who don't re-use the 11/17/2014 8:01 PM bags would make more sense than expecting people to use those ridiculous unsanitary reusable bags.
232 The ordinance should be removed OR the paper bag 5 cent fee should be removed. I typically used paper bags 11/17/2014 6:12 PM whenever they were available and would then use those as bags for my recyclables - now I'm being charged for something that is easily recyclable??? AND we didn't even vote on this??? How is this fair to the public. I REFUSE to pay 5 cents for a bag based purely on principle of this matter. I shop elsewhere and carry out my groceries by hand.
233 The current ordinance is ridiculous as it forces the use of numerous smaller side bags whether they are paper or 11/17/2014 5:19 PM plastic. It is not a savings in any way, shape or form. Reusable bags collect bacteria and if washed the bacteria in truth is still there. The bags need to be bleached - then you have the odor & chemicals left behind by the bleach. Which do you prefer - to get sick from the bacteria or the bleach?
234 If you don't want to use the bags the store provides then please feel free to bring your own but don't force your 11/17/2014 4:49 PM agenda on everyone else.
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235 I am providing my feedback knowing full well it will be ignored. If a retailer wants to provide a plastic bag with my 11/17/2014 4:16 PM transaction that is not the governments business. This plastic bag ban is yet another liberal overreach where the government thinks it knows best. Well guess what, YOU DON'T!!!
236 EVERYONE should have to pay for the bags or bring their own. There should be no exemptions, regardless of 11/17/2014 3:53 PM how groceries are paid for. You're excusing people from bringing reusable bags for no reason. If those of us who pay out of pocket for our groceries have to think about what bags we bring, everyone else should do. We shouldn't be singled out for needing to protect the environment, EVERYONE should hold the weight equally.
237 Stores should provide paper free bags. 11/17/2014 3:51 PM
238 It is not right to charge 5 cents for a bag. The single use bags were free. The reusable bags are not all washable. 11/17/2014 3:12 PM The litter from plastic bags has not decreased. It makes it more difficult to make sure I have a bag for my bathroom trash cans. We recycled our single use bags by reusing them.
239 Bags taken into stores can be used for shop lifting. 11/17/2014 3:07 PM
240 Stop already with all the Thurston County control!! It's not right that I now have to purchase a bag when they were 11/17/2014 11:21 AM free before (paper). Thurston County is out of control with all the rules, laws and ordinances. It is becoming an unappealling place to live!!
241 The next step is to encourage retailers who sell garbage bags to stock and promote the use of biodegradable 11/16/2014 6:04 PM bags instead of regular plastic garbage bags.
242 Glad to have the opportunity to comment. 11/16/2014 4:48 PM
243 I wish you had done something about the currently NON-recyclable plastics like clamshell produce or pastry 11/16/2014 3:46 PM containers because they're bulky, and can't be flattened down so they take up a ton of space in the garbage bags, and I know they're recyclable in King county, but not here. I shop in bulk at CostCo a lot, and try to reuse those containers as much as I can in my own veggie garden, but eventually I max out and have to throw them out.
244 This is another example of liberals trying to force others to conform to their ideas, instead of using logic or 11/16/2014 2:18 PM reason. Perhaps the Commissioners are incapable of logical thought.
245 Lucky (for me) this ordinance really doesn't affect me that much. I feel sorry for people who have large families 11/16/2014 1:56 PM and buy groceries by the cart full. Hauling around a dozen reusable bags has to be a real pain.
246 See my comments for question number 5 11/16/2014 12:30 PM
247 Get rid of it...or at least make it a public vote. It'll show you how really unpopular this ordinance is... 11/16/2014 11:35 AM
248 I do not think it is an imposition. I think people are getting used to it. I love it, always thought it was a bad use of 11/16/2014 9:33 AM our resources.
249 Don't require stores to charge for paper bags. I'd rather pay higher prices than pay for a paper bag separately. 11/16/2014 8:39 AM
250 I'm going to continue to use plastic bags - even if I have to pay for them. Unless the ordinance is lifted, I will 11/16/2014 7:53 AM continue to take my money elsewhere as much as possible. I now shop at the Tacoma or Tukwila malls and grocery stores in Lewis and Pierce counties. With an income of $75.000, I spend a lot of money that used to into Thurston County.
251 I'm tired of government being too big, too powerful, too controlling and too intrusive. Too many want to take away 11/16/2014 6:48 AM our rights and freedoms.
252 its a good idea! It doesn't hurt anyone, and it's better for the earth. 11/15/2014 5:02 PM
253 the public needs more info on why we have the ord since the counties around us don't have it. If we understood 11/15/2014 10:48 AM more about it it would help
254 I'm very proud of Thurston county's initiative to impact the environment is a positive manner. 11/15/2014 8:46 AM
255 Companies make plenty of money just by not supplying plastic bags. The .05 charge for the paper bags should 11/15/2014 1:31 AM go to a local charity, local schools or even for helping build/maintain roads.
256 Please repeal the 5 cent fee for paper bags. Convenience is a good thing that should be promoted by 11/14/2014 4:19 PM government, not disregarded for political expediency.
257 I think 5 cents is not to much to pay for a paper bag if you need one. 11/14/2014 3:42 PM
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258 maybe they could bring back the plastic bags but charge for them too. other wise people like me will just end up 11/14/2014 2:58 PM spending money on lots of other bags to fufill thoes resusable needs
259 All paper bags should have handles on them for easier carrying. 11/14/2014 12:30 PM
260 Perhaps encouraging reuse or recycling with clever ads to display creative uses for old bags. 11/14/2014 10:42 AM
261 this ordinance is based on faulty premises and should be removed. "Plastic" bags are now made with starches 11/14/2014 8:55 AM and are biodegradable so they break down and do not have the harmful effects we are led to believe. Just another way for government to try and justify ever bigger stag and budget.
262 Give us back our bags! 11/14/2014 8:09 AM
263 I believe the residents of the area should have been able to vote on this ordinance on the ballot. 11/13/2014 11:20 PM
264 Please remove the plastic bag ordinance! 11/13/2014 11:13 PM
265 I don't feel that the city/county did enough to publicize this ordinance. Our forests and streams aren't overflowing 11/13/2014 11:03 PM with plastic bags. If anything I see more plastic bottles on the side of the roads compared to other trash items. This ordinance needed to be voted on by the people, not a city council. Not to mention paper bags should still be free to the consumer. It isn't fair that there are people who are exempt from paying bag fees, when other have to. It should be same rules for everyone regardless of financial standing. Yet another way people getting by with just enough get screwed. It may be a few pennies here and there, but it adds up in the long run. This bag ordinance needs to be repealed. People who chose to use reusable bags will regardless of a bag ban or not. What's next no plastic bags for our bread, milk cartons, yogurt, or other goods?
266 The one place that it is a struggle to remember to bring a bag is the mall. It would be helpful for the mall post 11/13/2014 10:50 PM reminder signs about bringing your own bags at the entrance.
267 I used reusable bags and I recycled my plastic bags before this. Now, I still recycle my bags but have a negative 11/13/2014 10:18 PM feeling about it.
268 This should be a vote of ALL the people in the county. 11/13/2014 10:01 PM
269 Thisb is more of an inconvenience than help, I use just as many plastic bags but now I have to use paper and just 11/13/2014 9:51 PM buy the plastic
270 I wouldn't mind the ordinance if I didn't have to pay for paper bags. I think it's ridiculous. Before the ordinance I 11/13/2014 9:07 PM didn't have to pay so why should I now. I feel like this is just the county trying to make more money. It's not fair.
271 Just another way for the government to take our money. Make us pay a fee for bags at the store or force us to 11/13/2014 9:03 PM purchase our own overpriced reusable bags. As if the items we buy at these stores aren't marked up enough.
272 I think it's a great idea and people who refuse the small fee for a paper bag are being stubborn. 11/13/2014 9:00 PM
273 Part of the year I work in Lewis County. I get groceries in Lewis County on my way home for work when ever 11/13/2014 8:25 PM possible.
274 The ordinance is a good one and now something needs to be done about all the plastic water bottles. 11/13/2014 8:19 PM
275 This system has been in effect in Europe for many years and I was happy and pleased to see it come here. I 11/13/2014 7:30 PM think it needs to be madetory across the entire US.
276 As an employee of a retailer it is extremely frustrating to explain the ban to everyone that is an outsider from the 11/13/2014 7:17 PM county. It's not very fun to get called stupid for not giving bags away for free. I
277 I like the ordinance 11/13/2014 7:16 PM
278 As a culture it is disgusting how much we waste. I am proud to be in an area that is doing a little to help the 11/13/2014 7:10 PM environment, even if we are a "small" town. We need to do everything possible to preserve what is left of this earth and every little bit helps!
279 HATE it!!! 11/13/2014 7:09 PM
280 This is a rediculous law! It takes away our freedom to choose. 11/13/2014 7:08 PM
281 i hate the paper bags - they rip and I want the plastic bags back as an option 11/13/2014 7:02 PM
282 BRING BACK PLASTIC BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11/13/2014 7:00 PM
283 Stores needed to be prepared with more paper and reuse bags they have been sold out often. 11/13/2014 6:58 PM
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284 I'd like to see them back. I used both paper and plastic bags depending on where I went, and I had uses for both 11/13/2014 6:46 PM afterwards. Now without the plastic bags, I'm lacking in those areas. I feel that they should be brought back.
285 I think the reusable bags are a significant improvement over the single use plastic bags, from a users standpoint. 11/13/2014 6:40 PM They hold more groceries and are easier to carry. I like them much better.
286 I am very couriois how shopping malls are going to address the bag issue during the holiday season. Sometimes 11/13/2014 6:31 PM I will decide to skip buying something at the mall if I don't have a bag and I know I will have to carry a loose shirt or pair of pants around with me for the rest of the afternoon.
287 why are we killing more trees to make paper bags again. Thought that is why we went to plastic. A lot of paper 11/13/2014 6:05 PM bags will end up in the dump
288 The ban is just a way to ding the consumers on multiple fronts. 11/13/2014 5:41 PM
289 Trying to get two kids in the car to go to the store and remember the bags is impossible. Its inconvenience and 11/13/2014 5:32 PM irritating. Make the paper bags FREE if you're not going to allow plastic. This is ridiculous.
290 People don't like change, and it can be challenging to adopt new habits. I think it's important to persevere despite 11/13/2014 5:23 PM any complaints in hopes that over time, folks will come around and learn to adapt.
291 I always disliked plastic bags. I am glad they are banned. 11/13/2014 5:05 PM
292 I believe that consumers should get a $0.05 discount per bag they use on their total grocery bill to help 11/13/2014 5:01 PM encourage and offset the cost of reusable bags.
293 It stinks!!! 11/13/2014 4:43 PM
294 For the customers that are exempt from paying a nickel for the bags, it would have been nice if stores were better 11/13/2014 4:19 PM informed about this. I'm sure it is awkward and embarrassing to have to draw attention to yourself by having to ask a cashier to take the bag charge off because you are using EBT. My mom was one of them. Sure it's only a nickel... But still.
295 I think one of the biggest challenges for customers that don't bring thier own bags is using paper bags in such a 11/13/2014 4:09 PM wet climate. I myself either bring my own or carry items out but I've seen peeps struggling in the rain with paper bags.
296 Although I miss having access to free kitty litter diposal bags, the positives of reducing plastic litter make it worth 11/13/2014 4:02 PM it.
297 I don't think this has helped anything. If it's not plastic bags being thrown on the side of yhe road, its other plastic 11/13/2014 3:52 PM items. The economy and cost of food already outweighs the average family income. Asking for us to pay for bags is a slap in the face. I will continue to not pay for bags. I always re-used my plastic bags before hand. This ordinance needs to be removed.
298 I don't care one way or another. 11/13/2014 3:51 PM
299 I think my position is clear based on comments above. 11/13/2014 3:37 PM
300 If this is what you think thurston county council should be focused on then you are out of touch with what people 11/13/2014 3:36 PM care about. This kind of ordinance that changes and effects commerce and how people choose to carry their purchases shows a matriarchal elitism that is not earned and not given to the council.
301 I work as a casier and I hate touching bags that people bring into the stores most of them are gross. The paper 11/13/2014 3:25 PM bags rip all the time and people hate paying for them.
302 Charge a fee for plastic bags, the grocery store was already a pain and now it's worse 11/13/2014 3:09 PM
303 It sucks because as i said above i often get bored the summer and ride my bike to the gas station and by candy 11/13/2014 2:59 PM and soda and forget to take something to carry it in because im so used to getting a bag from them which i re use to carry my shower stuff alot more then once or to carry clothes in. Please get rid of this bag ban.
304 Love the new ordinance. Have been using my own bags for 40 years...no lie!!! 11/13/2014 2:56 PM
305 I think using paper or reusable is better for the environment, but for people who can't afford reusable they are 11/13/2014 2:53 PM having all groceries crammed into the least amount of bags as possible to save the nickle. Meats, veggies, fruits and households. I see this being a problem soon if not already.
306 Please remove this ordinance. 11/13/2014 2:50 PM
307 Sometimes I will go ahead and pay for the paper bags for my recycle bin. 11/13/2014 2:37 PM
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308 I think a little more clarification on the bag fees. Fred Meyers for instance has several size paper bags at self 11/13/2014 2:32 PM checkout, but I don't know if any of them are free. I also think that stores in the mall should be able to still have plastic. It is sort of silly that you go into Victoria Secret for a bra and have to pay for a bag.
309 I think it's a very good thing. I used to occasionally forget my bags at the store, but now I almost never do now 11/13/2014 2:32 PM because the bag ban helps motivate my memory!
310 Need to find a better solution. 11/13/2014 2:31 PM
311 Allowing us to vote on this change would have been nice 11/10/2014 1:02 PM
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