Paper or plastic? |
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Do you save plastic bags in order to re-use them later?
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Yes, always:
65%
Yes, sometimes:
24%
No, generally not:
5%
I never get plastic bags:
7%
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To which of the following re-uses are you most likely to put a plastic bag? |
Trash bag:
47%
Pet litter bag:
22%
Clothes bag:
4%
Grocery bag:
10%
Lunch bag:
8%
Hat/raincoat:
1%
I just throw them away:
3%
I never take them:
4%
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If you were to shop at a grocery store that allowed you to bring your own bags or offered to sell you bags, which would you be most likely to do? |
Bring my own bags:
78%
Purchase their bags:
12%
Shop at a different store:
10%
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If you were to shop at a grocery store that offered you free paper bags or charged you a small fee for plastic bags, which would you be most likely to do?
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Take the free paper bags:
90%
Pay the small fee for plastic bags:
3%
Shop at a different store:
7%
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According to one of its customers, Straub's is now offering to take 5 cents off her grocery bills for every one of her own bags they use instead of one of theirs. Is a small discount program like this enough of an incentive for you to bring your own bags? |
Yes:
67%
Yes, but the incentive would have to be larger than a nickel a bag:
18%
No:
15%
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What usually prevents you from bringing your own bags when you go grocery shopping? |
Inconvenience:
14%
Cost:
1%
Forgetfulness:
64%
Stubbornness:
2%
Religious belief:
1%
Nothing does:
19%
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Where would you put "plastic bags" on the hierarchy of urban challenges? |
At the very top:
6%
Behind public safety, but ahead of public education:
1%
Behind public education, but ahead of jobs creation:
4%
Behind jobs creation, but ahead of synchronized traffic lights:
20%
Behind synchronized traffic lights, but ahead of dog parks:
25%
Behind dog parks, but ahead of saggy pants restrictions:
18%
Somewhere at or near the bottom of the list :
25%
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Do you think that plastic bags pose a threat to local pets or wildlife? |
Yes:
82%
Yes, but so what:
2%
No:
16%
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Would you support a City ordinance outlawing most plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets and chain pharmacies, like the one recently passed in San Francisco? |
Yes:
70%
No:
17%
No, St. Louis's bag-users do not pose the same threat to aquatic life as San Francisco's:
13%
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Would you support a City ordinance that required large supermarkets and chain pharmacies to have bins to collect plastic bags? |
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Would you use a plastic bag buy-back program along the lines of bottle/can deposits? |
Yes, absolutely:
46%
Yes, probably:
26%
No, probably not:
23%
No, absolutely not:
5%
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BONUS DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTION:
Who is the first American president you really remember?
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Truman:
13%
Eisenhower:
21%
Kennedy:
22%
Johnson:
5%
Nixon:
9%
Ford:
3%
Carter:
8%
Reagan:
13%
Bush:
5%
Bartlet:
0%
Clinton:
1%
G. W. Bush:
1%
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