Black Mountain Compost Survey

About this Survey

The Town of Black Mountain would like your input on how to implement a town-wide composting program. Research has shown that there are multiple environmental and financial benefits to composting that enrich the lives of individuals and their surrounding communities. Thank you for taking the time to help us better understand your interests in composting. 
1.Do you currently compost?
2.If you answered yes to the first question, where do you currently compost? 
3.If you do not compost, what prevents you from doing so?
4.What do you currently do with food waste such as vegetable peelings, leftover food, or plate scrapings in your household?
5.What do you currently do with your yard waste such as leaves, grass clippings, and tree or brush trimmings?
6.If a brown compost cart was provided at no cost to your household to collect yard and food waste year‐round, how likely would you be to put your food waste in the cart?
7.Considering your other household expenses, which of the following amounts are you willing to pay per month for curbside compost collection services?
8.How likely would you be to participate in a free, voluntary composting program which requires dropping materials off at a single collection point?
9.How interested are you in reducing the amount of wasted food – including uneaten and spoiled food – that your household
produces?
10.How likely would you be to participate in a food waste education workshop to learn tools and techniques to reduce wasted food and manage food discards?
11.Which of the following options to remove organic material from the solid waste stream do you support?
12.Considering your other household expenses, which of the following amounts are you willing to pay per month for existing sanitation services (trash, recycling, brush pick up, bulk/white goods)?
13.Would you be interested in picking up finished compost from a community location for your own personal use?
14.Would you be interested in volunteering in our community compost program at the Dr. John Wilson Community Garden?
15.How many people are in your household?
16.Where do you currently reside?
Current Progress,
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