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Tumwater 265 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q1 Check the box that best describes where you live. Answered: 265 Skipped: 0 Bucoda Lacey Olympia Rainier Rochester Tenino Tumwater 265 Yelm Unincorporate d Thurston County I do not live in Thurston County 0 60 120 180 240 300 1 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q2 Please rate the following statements: Answered: 261 Skipped: 4 Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly N/A Total Average Agree Disagree Rating I always 45.31% 28.91% 12.89% 9.38% 3.13% 0.39% recycle 116 74 33 24 8 1 256 1.96 my plastic grocery bags. I am 54.86% 29.57% 9.34% 3.11% 3.11% 0% concerned 141 76 24 8 8 0 257 1.70 about the amount of litter and trash plastic bags create. I always 17.83% 35.27% 24.03% 12.79% 10.08% 0% use 46 91 62 33 26 0 258 2.62 reusable bags when I shop. Making 33.73% 29.32% 21.69% 4.82% 9.24% 1.20% plastic 84 73 54 12 23 3 249 2.26 bags uses too many resources. I always 62.07% 28.74% 5.75% 2.68% 0% 0.77% reuse my 162 75 15 7 0 2 261 1.49 plastic bags for other purposes, like picking up pet waste or lining my trash can. I am 57.14% 24.32% 9.65% 4.25% 3.86% 0.77% concerned 148 63 25 11 10 2 259 1.72 about marine animals and birds being injured or killed by plastic bags. 2 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q3 Are plastic bags recyclable in your curbside recycle cart? Answered: 260 Skipped: 5 Yes No I don't know 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses Yes 13.08% 34 No 61.92% 161 I don't know 25% 65 Total 260 3 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q4 The average American uses 350- 500 plastic shopping bags each year. How many of these actually get recycled? Answered: 256 Skipped: 9 5% 35% 65% 95% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses 5% 62.89% 161 35% 26.17% 67 65% 5.86% 15 95% 5.08% 13 Total 256 4 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q5 Would you support an ordinance in Thurston County that bans plastic "check-out" bags in retail stores and allows stores to charge a fee for paper bags? Answered: 262 Skipped: 3 Yes No Maybe - I need more information 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses Yes 45.04% 118 No 26.72% 70 Maybe - I need more information 28.24% 74 Total 262 5 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey Q6 We would like to know your thoughts about plastic bag use in Thurston County! (ex: What do you like about plastic bags? How can we increase bag recycling? What are some arguments for or against a ban on plastic bags?) Answered: 124 Skipped: 141 # Responses Date 1 I like to use plastic bags for garbage-yard waste. 10/5/2012 3:17 PM 2 Offer it curbside. 10/5/2012 9:32 AM 3 Reusable shopping bags breed bacteria leading to food poisoning. I find the plastic bags new are safer for 9/29/2012 5:24 PM food carrying. Plastic bags have been made recently more fragile. Tear easier, bottoms not fully sealed, thinner. All in the effort to apease the anti plastic bag people. I do feel for wildlife and the garbage waste on our beaches. I find it very sad people are so lazy they can't be bothered to dispose of bags. I use bags for pet waste, containing garbage to take to can, To keep food from being contaminated from other foods. I am disabled and the plastic bags are easier for me to carry vs. paper bags. I want the choice to use what I view is best for me. Not to be mandated what I have to use and charged on top of that. Fixed income means just that. We can't afford food, power, phone, shelter, transportation, medical care and now another charge is to be added. NO NO NO NO. Leave my plastic bags ALONE. 4 I grew up not using paper or plastic bags at stores in Europe. 40 years ago! What is taking us so long? 9/22/2012 8:11 AM 5 I like reusing them around the house. 9/20/2012 3:34 PM 6 No spell check needed-Examine to Portland ordinance that appears to be quite successful-Plagerism is the 9/20/2012 1:35 PM greatest for of flattery. 7 Provide more information to the public. 9/20/2012 10:57 AM 8 I reuse plastic bags every day of my life - for pet waste, garbage, transporting plants from my garden to 9/20/2012 8:11 AM friends, packing filler in boxes, and on and on. I would be lost without them. And what about all the grocery items that sweat or leak? Paper bags are a joke in a case like that - they break through! I can put a soiled plastic bag in the trash - think of the water, detergent and electricity I would use if I had to wash a "reusable" bag. If a paper bag is soiled, I can't even recycle it and must also put it in the trash. What about all the products that are made from recycled plastic bags - what would happen to fleece, other plastic items, etc. Make people aware of the other uses for the plastic bags - and make the recycle bins for these bags more available to the public. Or make a more "recycleable" plastic bag? How much do plastic bags contribute to total waste and litter? I'd even pay a nickle for a PLASTIC BAG! 9 More energy is used to make paper bags then plastic bags. 9/19/2012 1:03 PM 10 Banning plastic bags cannot happen soon enough. 9/18/2012 12:05 PM 11 Offer more places to recycle plastic bags and maybe charge 5 cents per bag?? 9/17/2012 8:26 PM 12 Some people cannot afford, maybe pre-pay for some so that all can have. 9/12/2012 1:47 PM 13 I'd really like to have a ban on plastic bags. 9/11/2012 2:59 PM 14 Make them biodegradeable so thy break down faster/easier. 9/7/2012 4:48 PM 15 The obvious benefit of plastic bags is the convenience. I think most people could be motivated to recycle 9/7/2012 2:56 PM bags by understanding the personal benefits. Alot of people aren't motivated by environmental benefits (GHG reduction, harm to animals/birds, less litter) and don't care as long as they don't perceive to be inconvenienced. People need to understand the direct financial benefit to our pocketbooks, how the social costs affect our pocketbooks and our local governments' budgets (which also affects our personal finances). People need help connecting the dots back to "what's in it for me?" I think people also need help understanding that reusable bags are inexpensive and as easy to remember to take into the store with you as remembering your purse or wallet...you make it a habit. Some arguments for the ban could be (1) our addiction to plastic bags further contributes to our dependence on foreign oil and how that impacts the American economy, (2) if we reduced by, say, half the number of plastic bags used in America in a year, how much money would that free up to invest in our economy and jobs? (or other viable comparison), (3) are the far-reaching consequences of our plastic bag addiction worth the amount of time bags are used? (e.g., the 30 or 60 minutes from store to home to recycle or garbage can). 16 They should be banned. 9/4/2012 2:04 PM 17 plastic bags littering the streets and freeways shows just how much of a throw-away society we are. 9/3/2012 9:25 AM Eliminating plastic bags can help change that mentality. Just the texture and feel of a paper bag intuitively tells people how easy it is to reuse or recycle, since we're all pretty used to recycling other paper products. 6 / 12 Plastic Shopping Bag Survey SurveyMonkey 18 I think plastic bags are a waste of resources and that reusable bags should become mandatory or a 8/31/2012 3:37 PM surcharge put on plastic bags to support recycling efforts. I also think they are a danger to marine life and a hazard to the well being of our planet. Credit for reusable bags and charge for plastic or paper would encourage the use of reusable bags. Some may argue that the manufacturers of these bags will suffer however some risk is always involved when change is necessary. 19 Because it recyclable and easy to use! 8/31/2012 10:54 AM 20 Used properly, plastic bags are an efficient item to use, e.g., pet waste and wastepaper baskets. If plastic 8/29/2012 10:45 AM bags could be recycled along with other curbside recyle, that might decrease littering and detrimental exposure to wildlife. 21 Eliminate the plastic holders on beer & pop cans - Please! 8/24/2012 2:54 PM 22 More recycle for bags - curbside 8/22/2012 4:51 PM 23 Good for wet items, take up little space.
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