Single-Use Retail Bag Input Survey

Zero Waste Yukon is campaigning to reduce single-use retail bags in Yukon.

Why?

The average single-use bag has a life of just 12 minutes. After a short use, many of these bags end up landfilled or as litter, where they can harm wildlife.

The single-use bag is an icon of our throwaway society. Using fossil fuels to create something so short-lived, which can blow away at the slightest breeze and pollute for centuries doesn't make sense - particularly when there is a ready alternative, the reusable bag.

With Canadians using over 2.86 billion single-use plastic bags each year, it's time to change. Share your input to help us support a bag reduction policy that works for everyone.

Thanks for filling out this brief survey, answers are anonymous.

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* 1. How often do you bring reusable bags when shopping?

Always

Usually

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

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* 2. What barriers, if any, prevent you bringing reusable bags?

None - I don't see any barriers to bringing my own bags

I forget them

They are inconvenient to carry

They are too expensive

I use retail bags for other purposes (e.g. trash can liner)

I don't think they are sanitary

I don't own any

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Do you support a policy aimed at reducing single-use bag consumption and encouraging the use of reusable bags?

Yes

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* 4. If you support a policy, which of the following would you most prefer?

Ban on all single-use bags (paper and plastic)

Ban on single-use plastic bags only

Ban on single-use plastic bags and fee on paper bags

Fee on single-use plastic bags only

Fee on single-use plastic and paper bags

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is the maximum amount you would be willing to pay for a single-use retail bag?

Zero

$0.05 - $0.10

$0.10 - $0.15

$0.15 - $0.20

$0.20 - $0.25

More than $0.25

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* 6. How do you dispose of single-use retail bags?

Use them as trash can liners

Use them to pick up pet waste

Recycle them

Put them in the trash

Don't use single-use bags

Other (please specify)

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* 1. How often do you bring reusable bags when shopping?

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* 2. What barriers, if any, prevent you bringing reusable bags?

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* 3. Do you support a policy aimed at reducing single-use bag consumption and encouraging the use of reusable bags?

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* 4. If you support a policy, which of the following would you most prefer?

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* 5. What is the maximum amount you would be willing to pay for a single-use retail bag?

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* 6. How do you dispose of single-use retail bags?

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* 7. Please share any other comments you have below: