Cumberland County Waste Management Plan Survey

Pennsylvania’s Act 101 of 1988 requires counties to develop and update waste management plans at ten year intervals to ensure there are sufficient ways and space for disposing waste. Plans should also outline strategies for reducing, reusing, or recycling our waste to lessen the amount we need to dispose of. Your input will be used to determine which programs the county should offer and how those programs should be funded.

The following questions should take about 4 minutes to answer.

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* 1. What is your experience with the following programs?

	Have Used	Would Consider Using	Would Never Use	Unaware Program Existed
County Electronics Recycling Center	County Electronics Recycling Center Have Used	County Electronics Recycling Center Would Consider Using	County Electronics Recycling Center Would Never Use	County Electronics Recycling Center Unaware Program Existed
County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events for Paints, Pesticides, Gasoline, etc.	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events for Paints, Pesticides, Gasoline, etc. Have Used	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events for Paints, Pesticides, Gasoline, etc. Would Consider Using	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events for Paints, Pesticides, Gasoline, etc. Would Never Use	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events for Paints, Pesticides, Gasoline, etc. Unaware Program Existed
Municipal Composting Sites	Municipal Composting Sites Have Used	Municipal Composting Sites Would Consider Using	Municipal Composting Sites Would Never Use	Municipal Composting Sites Unaware Program Existed
County Tire Recycling Events	County Tire Recycling Events Have Used	County Tire Recycling Events Would Consider Using	County Tire Recycling Events Would Never Use	County Tire Recycling Events Unaware Program Existed
County Appliance Recycling Events	County Appliance Recycling Events Have Used	County Appliance Recycling Events Would Consider Using	County Appliance Recycling Events Would Never Use	County Appliance Recycling Events Unaware Program Existed
Pharmaceutical Disposal Events	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Have Used	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Would Consider Using	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Would Never Use	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Unaware Program Existed
Paper Shredding	Paper Shredding Have Used	Paper Shredding Would Consider Using	Paper Shredding Would Never Use	Paper Shredding Unaware Program Existed
County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc.	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Have Used	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Would Consider Using	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Would Never Use	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Unaware Program Existed
County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Have Used	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Would Consider Using	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Would Never Use	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Unaware Program Existed

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* 2. How important are the following waste management recycling services to you?

	Very Important	Important	Not Important
County Electronics Recycling Center	County Electronics Recycling Center Very Important	County Electronics Recycling Center Important	County Electronics Recycling Center Not Important
County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events Very Important	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events Important	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events Not Important
Municipal Composting Sites	Municipal Composting Sites Very Important	Municipal Composting Sites Important	Municipal Composting Sites Not Important
County Tire Recycling Events	County Tire Recycling Events Very Important	County Tire Recycling Events Important	County Tire Recycling Events Not Important
County Appliance Recycling Events	County Appliance Recycling Events Very Important	County Appliance Recycling Events Important	County Appliance Recycling Events Not Important
Pharmaceutical Disposal Events	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Very Important	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Important	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Not Important
Paper Shredding	Paper Shredding Very Important	Paper Shredding Important	Paper Shredding Not Important
County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc.	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Very Important	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Important	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Not Important
County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Very Important	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Important	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Not Important

Program Funding Background

County waste management and recycling programs can be funded with user fees or real estate tax revenues. Fee based programs are funded by the residents who choose to use and in turn pay for a given service. Programs can also be funded using revenue from county real estate taxes that are based on the value of a resident’s land and buildings. Residents pay property taxes and those revenues are used to fund programs regardless of whether or not the tax paying resident uses the program.

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* 3. Based upon the description of the funding options listed above, please indicate you preference for how the following services should be provided by Cumberland County?

	Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County should not offer/support this program
County Electronics Recycling Center	County Electronics Recycling Center Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County Electronics Recycling Center Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County Electronics Recycling Center County should not offer/support this program
County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Events County should not offer/support this program
Municipal Composting Sites	Municipal Composting Sites Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	Municipal Composting Sites Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	Municipal Composting Sites County should not offer/support this program
County Tire Recycling Events	County Tire Recycling Events Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County Tire Recycling Events Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County Tire Recycling Events County should not offer/support this program
County Appliance Recycling Events	County Appliance Recycling Events Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County Appliance Recycling Events Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County Appliance Recycling Events County should not offer/support this program
Pharmaceutical Disposal Events	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	Pharmaceutical Disposal Events County should not offer/support this program
Paper Shredding	Paper Shredding Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	Paper Shredding Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	Paper Shredding County should not offer/support this program
County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc.	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County/Municipal Drop-off Recycling Sites for Bottles, Cans, Paper, etc. County should not offer/support this program
County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Should be funded by fees charged when service is used	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events Should be funded by taxes (could result in county real estate tax increase)	County/Municipal Recycling Containers at Community Events County should not offer/support this program

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* 4. Please provide any additional comments you have on municipal solid waste management and recycling in Cumberland County.

The following optional demographic questions are used to analyze who responded to the survey. Personal information collected will not be shared or sold to any third parties. If you do not wish to answer these questions please skip to the end of the survey and click done.

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* 5. What is your age?

Under 18

18 – 25

26 – 35

36 – 50

50 – 64

65+

Prefer not to say

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* 6. What township/borough do you live in?

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* 7. Do you own or rent the place where you live?

Own

Rent

Neither

Prefer not to say

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* 8. What is the highest degree or level of education you have completed?

No schooling completed

Some high school

High school

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Ph.D. or higher

Trade school

Prefer not to say

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* 9. If you would like to receive updates on the plan please provide contact information below. If your contact information is provided, it will be linked to your survey responses

Name

Email Address