Screen Reader Mode Icon Check SCREEN READER MODE to make this survey compatible with screen readers. Consumer Attitudes Survey - Plastic Packaging 1. Cutting the Confusion: How do you recycle your household plastic? Question Title * 1. Do you recycle the following items of plastic packaging? Yes No Sometimes Not sure if recyclable Other Drinks bottles Drinks bottles Yes Drinks bottles No Drinks bottles Sometimes Drinks bottles Not sure if recyclable Drinks bottles Other Milk bottles Milk bottles Yes Milk bottles No Milk bottles Sometimes Milk bottles Not sure if recyclable Milk bottles Other Pots from yoghurts and deserts Pots from yoghurts and deserts Yes Pots from yoghurts and deserts No Pots from yoghurts and deserts Sometimes Pots from yoghurts and deserts Not sure if recyclable Pots from yoghurts and deserts Other Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream Yes Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream No Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream Sometimes Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream Not sure if recyclable Tubs such as margarine, ice-cream Other Cleaner & bleach bottles Cleaner & bleach bottles Yes Cleaner & bleach bottles No Cleaner & bleach bottles Sometimes Cleaner & bleach bottles Not sure if recyclable Cleaner & bleach bottles Other Shampoo and bathroom product bottles Shampoo and bathroom product bottles Yes Shampoo and bathroom product bottles No Shampoo and bathroom product bottles Sometimes Shampoo and bathroom product bottles Not sure if recyclable Shampoo and bathroom product bottles Other Sauce bottles Sauce bottles Yes Sauce bottles No Sauce bottles Sometimes Sauce bottles Not sure if recyclable Sauce bottles Other Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets Yes Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets No Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets Sometimes Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets Not sure if recyclable Fruit & vegetable trays or punnets Other Meat trays Meat trays Yes Meat trays No Meat trays Sometimes Meat trays Not sure if recyclable Meat trays Other Plastic bags and wrappers Plastic bags and wrappers Yes Plastic bags and wrappers No Plastic bags and wrappers Sometimes Plastic bags and wrappers Not sure if recyclable Plastic bags and wrappers Other OK Question Title * 2. The following are some reasons that people have given for why they do not always recycle their plastic packaging. Which of these, if any, apply to you? Food remains on the item - I don't want to rinse it I am confused by what I can recycle The recycling bin is often full I usually recycle but sometimes miss a few items It's easier to put it in the general rubbish bin I think it is less important to recycle plastics compared to other materials I haven't got time to look up whether every item can be recycled None of these Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 3. If you were required to pay a deposit on plastic drinks bottles, how would you prefer to receive back your deposit? Please tick the answer which matches your preference. Take the bottle back to a supermarket or retailer Take the bottle back to wherever you bought it Recycle at home and receive the money back via a digital scanning system/ packaging bar code with a phone app I wouldn't be bothered about getting the deposit back Take back to a charity or collected by a charity thereby donating any deposit to that charity Not applicable as I do not buy plastic drinks bottles OK Question Title * 4. Which packaging material do you think has the lowest carbon footprint (amount of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere as a result of manufacture and transportation of the product) ? Please rank in order by dragging the materials up and down with 1 being the lowest carbon footprint and 6 being the highest. . OK Question Title * 5. Do you know what happens to your plastic packaging after it is collected by councils at your kerbside? Yes No Not Sure OK Question Title * 6. Which best describes your belief of what happens to plastic packaging after it is collected for recycling by your local council? It is sent for recycling It is exported to other countries Some of it is sent for recycling in New Zealand, some is exported and some goes to landfill Some is sent for recycling in NZ and the rest is exported It is incinerated to produce energy It is sent to landfill Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 7. Which best describes your belief of what happens to soft plastic packaging after it is collected for recycling at the supermarket or store? It is sent for recycling in New Zealand It is incinerated to produce energy It is sent to landfill It is exported to other countries Some is sent for recycling in New Zealand and the rest is exported Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 8. Would you recycle more plastic if you trusted what happens to the material, where, when and how it is recycled and what it is made into? Yes No Depends on what it is made into OK Question Title * 9. Where do you get your information about whether an item of plastic packaging can be recycled in your household recycling collection? Tick all that apply. On pack labelling Family, Friends or colleagues Social media Newspapers ( print or online) Council/ local authority Government Websites - brands/ producers Other - if so where I just don't know where to look Other (please specify) OK DONE
