Gender: Male/Female

Age:

AT SCHOOL

Previous information – Pre-existing situation:

What recycling facilities have you got in your school?

1. plastic containers recycling bins
2. paper recycling bins
3. glass recycling bins
4. a compost bucket
5. batteries collecting box
6. bottle lids collecting box

I. ESTABLISHING HOW MUCH PLASTIC WE USE AT SCHOOL AND HOW WE DEAL WITH IT

1. Waste management in our school is...

a. Very bad

b. Bad

c. OK

d. Good

e. Very good

2. When you bring a snack to school, do you keep it in…

1. a cloth bag
2. a reusable plastic box
3. paper
4. a single use plastic bag or in plastic film/foil

3. How often do you buy bottled water or soft drink cans at school?

a. Every day

b. 3 or 4 days a week

c. Once or twice a week

d. Never

4. What do you do with the plastic bottles?

a. I keep them and reuse them

b. I put them in a mixed trash bin

c. I keep them and put them in a recycling bin outside the school

5. Do you usually bring a refillable water bottle to school?

a. Yes

b. No

6. Would you recycle paper and plastic if we had recycling bins in the school?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Only if there is a recycling bin near

7. Would you recycle organic waste (food remnants, fruit and vegetable trimmings…) if we had a compost bucket near the canteen?

a. Yes

b. No

IN GENERAL / AT HOME

II. ESTABLISHING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS:

8. Do you think you have enough information about the environmental problems caused by waste?

1. Yes
2. No, not enough

9. Do you know how long it takes for the plastic of a bottle to decompose?

1. 10 years
2. 100 years
3. 1000 years
4. 10000 years
5. They never disappear

10. Do you know what the great garbage patches are?

1. Yes
2. No

11. Do you think waste management at home is

a. a very important issue

b. not very important

c. not important at all

12. Which of these materials do you think is the most harmful for the environment?

1. paper and cardboard
2. glass
3. plastic
4. polystyrene trays

13. Which of these sentences is true for you:

a. The plastic that ends up in a landfill decomposes slowly and it doesn’t harm the environment.

b. The plastic that ends up in a landfill decomposes slowly and poisons the soil and water around.

III. ESTABLISHING CONSUMER HABITS

14. When you go shopping for food, do you try to buy goods with minimal or no packaging?

a. always

b. sometimes

c. never

15. For the same product, if you can choose, you prefer…

1. glass
2. plastic
3. tins or cans

16. If you prefer plastic, it’s because…

1. It is cheaper
2. It is lighter
3. It is more resistant
4. It is better for the environment
5. It preserves food better

17. When you go shopping, do you take your own reusable bags with you?

1. Yes
2. No

18. Do you reuse the plastic bags they give you until they are no use?

a. Yes

b. No

19. Do you think single use plastic bags should be forbidden?

1. Yes
2. No

20. While they are not forbidden, do you think shops should charge for the plastic bags?

1. Yes
2. No

21. How often do you buy these things:

IV. ESTABLISHING RECYCLING HABITS

22. What kinds of waste do you separate for recycling at home?

23. If you don’t usually recycle plastic, why?

1. I have no time, I am lazy
2. I don’t care about it or I think what I do makes no difference
3. I don’t know how
4. There aren’t containers near my house or they are always full
5. I think someone is taking economic advantage of what I recycle

24. Would you recycle these things if there were available collectors near your house?

25. Do you think that people who don’t recycle should pay more for rubbish collection?

a. Yes

b. No

26.  Do you think the town authorities are doing enough to promote the reduction of the use of plastic and recycle plastic containers?

a. Yes

b. No