After reading both the editorial and the letter to the editor i am leaning more towards the views supported by the letter to the editor.While i do support the aurgument that not useing reuseable bags are bad for the environment and are threaten wildlife,i dont think baning them out right and making everyone change to reusable shopping bags is the best idea.As stated by the letter to the editor many shop owners rely on tourist to make there living and most tourists do not bring nor intend to buy reuseable bags while staying in town.You must also take health concerns and cost to own into effect aswell.
Before putting this law into effect you must also think about the full effect it will have on the smaller shops and gift stores in the area.Think about the last time you went on a trip, if you went to a gift shop to buy something small and wanted to get a bag to carry it in,would you then want to have to buy a bag that you may or may not even use again?Passing this law would have greater effect on the smaller shops and gift stores in the area with the possiabletiy of losing out on money to other shops in the next town over who dont enforce this law.The cost of buying these reuseable bags may out weight the benifet to many small shop owners.
Before putting this law into effect you must also think about the full effect it will have on the smaller shops and gift stores in the area.Think about the last time you went on a trip, if you went to a gift shop to buy something small and wanted to get a bag to carry it in,would you then want to have to buy a bag that you may or may not even use again?Passing this law would have greater effect on the smaller shops and gift stores in the area with the possiabletiy of losing out on money to other shops in the next town over who dont enforce this law.The cost of buying these reuseable bags may out weight the benifet to many small shop owners.