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Plastic Waste Survey- Upper Gwynedd Township Businesses

The Upper Gwynedd Township Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) is interested in ways to reduce plastic waste and would like to hear about your business' practices, interests, and goals as it relates to single-use plastics. In addition to surveying community businesses, the EAC will also be surveying Township residents. Thank you for your responses. 
1.What type of business do you have?
2.What is your position at the business?
3.Does your business use any of the following single-use plastics?
4.How are single-use plastic items provided to customers?
5.How important is it to you to be able to use single-use plastics in your business?
6.What barriers (if any) keep you from switching to a more environmentally friendly alternative?
7.Would you support measures to reduce or ban the use of single-use plastic bags in Upper Gwynedd Township?
8.Which of the following alternatives do you feel your business would support to limit the use of single-use plastic bags?
9.You have made an investment in your business and single-use plastics may play a role in this investment. How long would it take you to use up your current supply of single-use plastic bags?
10.Are you in favor of a policy that allows for the handing out of plastic straws only upon request?
11.Are you in favor of a policy that bans the distribution of plastic straws in Upper Gwynedd?
12.Would you support a wider ban on single-use plastics that would include plastic cups, utensils, and/or Styrofoam/polystyrene containers (to be replaced by paper or compostable material where practicable)?
13.Additional Comments: