 Stop and Shop, Trader Joe's and other Brookline stores make a switch from handing out plastic bags and styrofoam cups to paper and reusable ones to be more environmentally friendly. This after the Brookline Town meeting members voted in November of 2012 to ban the use of non-recyclable plastic bags and stores. Those plastic are not, you can't recycle them. I think it's a good idea to have banned them. Howard Cranes, another local resident, had a different concern than others. His focus, the needs of the consumer rather than the economic or environmental impact. You're going to look out for the consumer, right? I want to walk out on a damp day and not have to worry about my contents falling all over because the paper bag, you know, can't stand up. Dave Jack, who resides in the area, supports this change that he says is just the most recent of others in this socially responsible community. I assume it's going to be like what happened with Brookline 10-15 years ago when they were the first to ban smoking in the taverns. And Brookline also did away with trans fats and Brookline is getting rid of the plastic bags, so they're just ahead of the curve.