Bag ban

Week #3 Article #3

 

1.    Sarah Coppola (2013, Sepetmeber 17) Retailers group drops bag ban lawsuit. Austin American Statesman

 http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/retailers-group-drops-bag-ban-lawsuit/nZy6N/

2.    Category of problem: Bag ban

3.    Level of problem: State

4.    The article is concerning: An “enacted” police that has been passed to help with a problem/issue that individuals/families face

5.    Importance/affect on families/individual’s: This affect families and individuals because it has to do with where and what type of bags can be used at retailers in the Austin area. Also, with what retailers will still have bag and which retailers won’t have bags anymore.

6.    My input: Honestly, I don’t think the bag ban is working because it’s is only in Austin and some places in Austin still give consumers bags. I think the bag ban is more of a pain the anything. The reason I think this because a consumer never knows what stores still gives bags and which ones you have to bring your own bags in. For example, some retailers have a contact with the city of Austin that allows them to still give out plastic bags or paper bags and there are some retailers that don’t give out any bags. I don’t think people would mind the bag ban so much if all the retailers follow the same rules when it comes to the bag ban. I have seen it so many times where people are just putting everything back in the cart and taking it out to their cars like that. When people are doing this most people are just putting loose items in their cars. I personally, if I go in to a store and forget my bag, the retailer doesn’t have bags, and I don’t really need the items I won’t buy them. I am sure I am not the only person that does this so I feel that the bag ban is making retailers lose money.