Q1 Where do you live? Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 Bucoda - inside the t... Lacey - inside the city limits Olympia - inside the c... Rainier - inside the t... Tenino - inside the t... Tumwater - inside the c... Yelm - inside the city limits In Thurston County - but... I do not live within Thurs... Bucoda - inside the town limits Lacey - inside the city limits Olympia - inside the city limits Rainier - inside the town limits Tenino - inside the town limits Tumwater - inside the city limits Yelm - inside the city limits In Thurston County - but outside of the above jurisdictions I do not live within Thurston County 100.00% 12 Total 12 1 / 11
Q2 How did you hear about the bag ordinances before they started on July 1, 2014? Check all that apply. Answered: 10 Skipped: 2 Email or electronic... News: radio, paper, TV, etc. Utility bill insert Talking Trash newsletter Sign at a store or sto... A presentation at my child'... I did not know about the ba... Other (please specify) Email or electronic newsletter News: radio, paper, TV, etc. Utility bill insert Talking Trash newsletter Sign at a store or store staff informed me A presentation at my child's school I did not know about the ban before it started Other (please specify) 50.00% 5 30.00% 3 Total Respondents: 10 # Other (please specify) Date 1 Work. 11/14/2014 9:09 PM 2 / 11
Q3 Before July 1, 2014, I usually carried out my purchases in: Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 Single-use plastic bags... Paper bags provided by... Reusable bags I brought to... My hands Cardboard boxes Other (please specify) Single-use plastic bags provided by the store Paper bags provided by the store Reusable bags I brought to the store My hands Cardboard boxes Other (please specify) 66.67% 8 25.00% 3 8.33% 1 Total 12 # Other (please specify) Date There are no responses. 3 / 11
Q4 Since July 1, 2014, I usually carry out my purchases in: Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 Single-use plastic bags... Paper bags provided by... Paper bags provided by... Reusable bags I bring to t... Cardboard boxes In my hands Other (please specify) Single-use plastic bags provided by the store Paper bags provided by the store - I pay the fee Paper bags provided by the store - I am exempt from the fee Reusable bags I bring to the store Cardboard boxes In my hands Other (please specify) 16.67% 2 25.00% 3 8.33% 1 33.33% 4 16.67% 2 Total 12 # Other (please specify) Date There are no responses. 4 / 11
Q5 If you use reusable bags, how do you remind yourself to take them to the store? Answered: 6 Skipped: 6 # Date 1 I leave them in the front seat of the car so I see them. Although that doesn't always work 1/1/2015 2:56 PM 2 I always have so habit 12/18/2014 7:02 PM 3 I usually shop where plastic bags are available because I forget my bags 11/17/2014 12:03 PM 4 put them in my car 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 5 They live in the car always 11/14/2014 5:29 AM 6 When I do use them.. I remind myself by thinking about how irritating it is that I can no longer use a plastic bag. I think about how much a hate the liberal nonsense in this state. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM 5 / 11
Q6 If you use reusable bags, about how often do you wash them? Answered: 10 Skipped: 2 Every time I shop Weekly Every other week Monthly Less than monthly I do not wash my reusable... I do not use reusable bags Other (please specify) Every time I shop Weekly Every other week Monthly Less than monthly I do not wash my reusable bags I do not use reusable bags Other (please specify) 30.00% 3 30.00% 3 Total 10 # Other (please specify) Date There are no responses. 6 / 11
Q7 I have noticed the following changes since the bag ordinances took effect. Check all that apply. Answered: 10 Skipped: 2 Fewer plastic bags on the... More customers bringing the... Customers using fewer... I've become more aware o... Other (please specify) Fewer plastic bags on the sides of the roads. More customers bringing their own reusable bags for shopping. Customers using fewer plastic bags in jurisdictions where they are not banned. I've become more aware of my plastics use and am trying to reduce it. Other (please specify) 40.00% 4 50.00% 5 Total Respondents: 10 # Other (please specify) Date 1 It is a just another tax. 1/2/2015 2:25 PM 2 sometimes i just use the plastic produce bags for my items 1/1/2015 10:39 AM 3 I have only noticed changes in the attitudes of customers. Most people I run across are not in favor of this ban. 11/17/2014 12:03 PM 4 people having to buy plastic bags for uses in the home that used to be done with plastic bags. 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 5 More people are mad and annoyed that someone's political agenda is taking away my right to use whatever kind of bag that I want. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM 7 / 11
Q8 If you previously used single-use plastic checkout bags for purposes such as picking up pet waste or lining trash cans, how have you adapted? An example would be getting a smaller trash can and using produce bags as liners instead. Your answers will help us share creative solutions with the public. Answered: 8 Skipped: 4 # Date 1 I use the trash can in the bathroom and just scrub it more 1/1/2015 2:56 PM 2 When i shop outside of the ban zone i hoard as many "single use" bags as i can. if i use the self check out at walmart i grab a whole wad of them. 1/1/2015 10:39 AM 3 Since I live in Bucoda I find my self now shopping in lewis countyou more then I do in Thurston 12/14/2014 2:19 PM 4 I shop in Lewis county or places that still have bags. 11/17/2014 12:03 PM 5 shop in Lewis County or Tenino so I can get plastic bags. Less revenue to the businesses in Thurston County. 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 6 I shop outside of Thurston County to get plastic bags. 11/14/2014 9:09 PM 7 I am just scrubbing my bathroom waste basket frequently 11/14/2014 5:29 AM 8 Poorly. I shouldn't have to waste my money buying a new trash can. If I bought a new trash can I would have to throw away my old one and would in turn be wasting even more plastic... 11/13/2014 2:45 PM 8 / 11
Q9 Have you changed where you shop to avoid stores that have implemented the ordinance? Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 Yes No I am not sure Yes No I am not sure 50.00% 6 50.00% 6 Total 12 # Comments: Date 1 as far as i know all stores in west olympia have implemented the ordinance? Grocery outlet might still have "preban" outlaw bags... 2 my biggest worry is transporting meat and disposing of meat at home as well as diapers and other waste. Those bags from retailors have been very helpful in our home and it's a big adjustment to not have them. Also I feel bad for the stores that have a harder time knowing is someone actually bought an item and didn't steal it. Usually, if it was in a bag you knew they checked out. 1/1/2015 10:39 AM 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 3 I shop outside of Thurston County. 11/14/2014 9:09 PM 4 I wish I could.. unfortunately all of Thurston County has been screwed by this. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM 9 / 11
Q10 Now that the ordinances have been in place for over four months, as a customer, I think: Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 The ordinances should be ke... The ordinances should be... The ordinances should be ke... The ordinances should be kept in place. The ordinances should be removed. The ordinances should be kept and other jurisdictions in Thurston County should also adopt one. 75.00% 9 25.00% 3 Total 12 # Comment: Date 1 I use a LOT more produce bags now because paper bags don't hold up to wet items very well. 1/1/2015 10:39 AM 2 Encouraging reusable bags while still giving the option for plastic would be a much better way to help. 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 10 / 11
Q11 Your feedback is very important. Please provide any comments related to implementation or outreach of the ordinances. Answered: 5 Skipped: 7 # Date 1 Great work! Now I need a composting bin and we need to ban plastic water bottles 1/1/2015 2:56 PM 2 I think the reusable bags going back and forth from individuals home and car and checkout area are a potential vecter of disease. 3 I have noticed a lot of my family and friends are willing to make longer drives to be able to get plastic bags then deal with reusable bags. Thurston county could potentially be losing money by this ordinance from people going to other counties. 1/1/2015 10:39 AM 11/17/2014 12:03 PM 4 plastic bags have their place. 11/16/2014 11:44 AM 5 Get rid of this stupid law. No one likes it, and I am tired of feeling like I live in communist China where I can't choose anything for myself because the government is my new mother and knows whats best for me. Let me know when I can't use paper bags either because it might hurt a tree. 11/13/2014 2:45 PM 11 / 11