Q1 Check the box that best describes where you live. Answered: 65 Skipped: 0 Bucoda Lacey Olympia Rainier 65 Rochester Tenino Tumwater Yelm Unincorporate d Thurston County I do not live in Thurston County 0 0 40 60 80 100 1 / 6
Q Please rate the following statements: Answered: 64 Skipped: 1 Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree N/A Total Average Rating I always recycle my grocery bags. 40.98% 5 6.3% 16 13.11% 8 13.11% 8 3.8% 3.8% 61.08 I am concerned about the amount of litter and trash bags create. 39.34% 4 37.70% 3 16.39% 10 3.8% 3.8% 0% 0 61 1.93 I always use reusable bags when I shop. 1.31% 13 7.87% 17 6.3% 16 14.75% 9 3.8% 6.56% 4 61.47 Making bags uses too many resources. 35.09% 0 6.3% 15 9.8% 17 1.75% 1 5.6% 3 1.75% 1 57.14 I always reuse my bags for other purposes, like picking up pet waste or lining my trash can. 55.56% 35 39.68% 5 0% 0 1.59% 1 1.59% 1 1.59% 1 63 1.5 I am concerned about marine animals and birds being injured or killed by bags. 50% 30 31.67% 19 11.67% 7 3.33% 3.33% 0% 0 60 1.78 / 6
Q3 Are bags recyclable in your curbside recycle cart? Answered: 64 Skipped: 1 I don't know 0% 0% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices I don't know Responses 1.88% 14 51.56% 33 6.56% 17 Total 64 3 / 6
Q4 The average American uses 350-500 shopping bags each year. How many of these actually get recycled? Answered: 65 Skipped: 0 5% 35% 65% 95% 0% 0% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices 5% 35% 65% 95% Responses 60% 39 3.31% 1 3.08% 4.6% 3 Total 65 4 / 6
Q5 Would you support an ordinance in Thurston County that bans "check-out" bags in retail stores and allows stores to charge a fee for paper bags? Answered: 65 Skipped: 0 Maybe - I need more information 0% 0% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Maybe - I need more information Responses 43.08% 8 30.77% 0 6.15% 17 Total 65 5 / 6
Q6 We would like to know your thoughts about bag use in Thurston County! (ex: What do you like about bags? How can we increase bag recycling? What are some arguments for or against a ban on bags?) Answered: 16 Skipped: 49 # Responses Date 1 ffff 10/5/01 6:11 AM Add to curbside recycle. 9/19/01 :43 PM 3 I use all my bags 9/11/01 :54 PM 4 They don't rip as easyas paper bags. Have more recycling places at the stores. 8/30/01 :10 PM 5 My local TRL library recycles bags for checked out materials. I agree with this and I think something 8/3/01 1:01 PM similar should be done all over Thurston County. I am a strong believer in reusable cloth bags instead of the wasteful ones. I am for banning the use of bags. Perhaps, an incentive can be given to those who use cloth bags throughout Thurston County. The limiting of bags would certainly help the community and the planet all at the same time. 6 All stores should be required to offer options even if there is an extra charge. I try to use my own recyclable 8//01 4:48 PM shopping bags as much as possible. 7 At this point and time goverment needs to leave this issue alone and thank about what really more 8/9/01 4:00 AM importaint. Fix the roads, public safety, Open the new jail. Stop the fluff and focus on the more importaint issues...fed up with this crap 8 Banning bags in Thurston County will not make a big impact. There are too many rules & regulations 8/3/01 10:41 AM in place now that are not enforced...why waste time and money on a new ordinance? The citizens of Thurston County will pay if a ban is put in place. Let Oly/Lac/Tum do their thing, but don't force it on us! 9 I don't like bags but reuse them as packaging when I send packages to grandkids or turn them into 8//01 11:04 AM the recycling bin at my work/store. 10 paper bags are thiner and rip when handled.se times you have too double bag to get the strong enough to 7//01 10:33 AM hold your items. Iwas informed that I can not recycle my bags in my recycle bid because it plugs up the machinery at LeMay!!!! 11 Curbside pick up! Free paper bags at grocery stores instead of. 7/1/01 :45 PM 1 Plastic is unsightly, wasteful, toxic to life People using canvas or other re-usable bags are happy to be 6/15/01 4:35 PM appreciated 13 I don't like bags, but if we make people change to paper then how many trees would it take to replace 5/31/01 7:48 AM them. Infinite use cloth bags are the only viable alternative to throw away or paper. That said paper is a LOT easier on the environment. 14 Make it easier for people to recycle bags. Have bins in many more places or allow recycling through 5/18/01 7:3 AM home pick up. We use our bags for lining trash cans. If we didn't re-use the store bags, we would just purchase more bags for that purpose. What we don't use we recycle but it is not always apparent where the recycling bins are...this must keep many people from actually recycling them. 15 Like: convenience, useful for other purposes (such as enclosing shoes packed in a suitcase, or holding wet 5/16/01 8:1 PM swim suits & towels after a day at the beach or an swim at the pool, or sweaty clothes after a hard workout). Increase recycling: more drop off sites, charge a fee for them (as they do in Italy), allow in curbside recycling. For ban: damage outweighs benefits Against ban: people like the convenience Compromise position: charge a fee 16 I reuse bags for so many things until they are no longer useful. I don't know if they can be recycled, 5/8/01 9:06 AM but they should be. 6 / 6