my name is kathy brown and i work for the general manager there, we are a manufacturer of the supermarket packaging, the reusable bag as well as the pre-checkout bag. i am here in support of supervisor brown's ordinance, much to probably my surprise and others. we manufacturer sustainable packaging items including compostable pre-checkout bags. we can work with your department of environment to ensure that the bags fit in the compost pile and to ensure there is an education program so that consumers know how to properly use and dispose of the compostable produce back. we have worked with the city of seattle to change the green color to blue so that is not mistaken with compostable. happy to work with you on all kinds of options in order to move forward with moving towards zero waste solution. i won't debate the merits of the plastic reusable bag. i think there is a lot of merits to them. i also know the number that certainly the heavy plastic reusable bag has reduced the number of bag, as a bag manufacturer i can certainly testify it has reduced the number of bags. i am here in support of