Kailua-Kona
Bag ban
A remaining mystery
In response to Mr. Tom Munden’s letter in WHT Jan. 26: I found his tongue-in-cheek humor quite delightful.
He is right that the smoking ban financially affects many businesses. However the plastic bag ban refers to the plastic carry-out bags in grocery and other stores. We are to return to using paper bags for a clean, healthy and safe environment, which, of course, is obtained by cutting down more trees to make the paper bags. I am sure he must have noticed plastic bags lying and flying around on beaches, roadways and our no longer pristine environment.
Mr. Munden, you will not need to go back to prewar newspaper wrapped food — the bags for food will still be plastic and allowed. However, you could go back to the prewar habit of bringing your own shopping bag without any problems.
One thing that remains a mystery to me is why stores are not told to use biodegradable plastic bags, like a number of them are already using. Is this not a better compromise solution?
What am I missing here? And, sure, charge the customers for them if they did not bring their own bags. KTA gives a nickel back to customers who bring their own bag. That’s a good incentive to remember to bring a bag.
Christa Wagner
Kailua-Kona