Eco-School Survey
Bins
1. Are there enough litter bins inside the school? Y/N
Commen
______
2. Are they in the right places? Y/N
Comment ______
3. Are there enough litter bins in the school grounds? Y/N
Comment ______
4. Are they in the right places? Y/N
Comment ______
What do you think about litter?
1. Tick the things you would call litter?
· Lunch wrappers Drinks bottles and cans
· Cigarette ends An old car in a field
· Food scraps None of these
· Fallen leaves and twigs
2. Here are some ways in which litter affects the environment. Put them in order by numbering them, starting with the one that you think has the most serious effect on the environment and ending with the least important one.
(1 most serious, 9 least serious)
• Litter is a health hazard
• Litter can harm animals
• Litter can injure people
• Litter is a fire hazard
• Litter can block drains
• Litter can contain hazardous chemicals
• Litter causes accidents on roads
• Litter makes a place look ugly
• Litter can be smelly
3. Do you think your school playground is:
Heavily littered Slightly littered Not littered
4. Do you often drop litter?
· Often (go to question 8)
· Sometimes (go to question 8)
· Never (go to question 7)
5. If you answered never to question 6, why don’t you drop litter? (Tick one or more)
• You think that litter spoils the appearance of a place
• You are afraid of being caught and punished
• You know it’s wrong
• You don’t like seeing litter
• You know that animals can be hurt or killed by litter
• You are worried that people will be hurt by litter
• You are worried that it will be washed into rivers, streams and the sea
6. If you answered sometimes or often to question 6, why do you drop litter? (tick one or more)
• You can’t be bothered to put it in the bin
• If you can’t find a bin you will just drop your rubbish
• You don’t mean to, you drop it accidentally
• It’s not cool to put rubbish in bins
• You drop empty bottles and wrappers because they are dirty and you don’t want to hold it
• You think its fun
• You don’t care
• You like being a rebel
9. Have you picked up litter at school this year?
Yes (go to question 10) No (go to question 11)
10. If you answered yes to question 9, why did you pick up litter at school?
· It was a punishment
· It was playground duty
· I volunteered
· Other (state reason)______
11. Making students pick up litter at school stops them from dropping litter themselves. Do you agree or disagree?
Agree disagree
12. Who should pick up litter in your school? (Tick one or more)
· Pupils on playground duty
· Pupils caught dropping litter
· Cleaners
· All pupils
· Teachers
· Other______
13. Who is responsible for the amount of litter in the school? (Tick one or more)
§ Cleaners
§ Pupils
§ Teachers
§ Other______
14. Which of the following materials would you prefer to buy a sandwich in?
· Plastic and paper
· Recycled paper
· Just plastic
· Nothing
· Just paper
· Other
· Recycled plastic
15. Which of the following would you prefer to buy a drink in?
· A bottle or can that could be recycled
· A clean cup which can be used again (e.g. a glass)
· A bottle or can that cannot be recycled
· Disposable cup
· Other
16. What do you think should be done to reduce the amount of litter in the college?
______
17. How concerned are you about environmental matters? (Tick one only)
Very concerned Slightly concerned Concerned Not concerned
Minimising Waste
18. Do you write on both sides of the page when using paper in class?
Yes No
If you answered no explain why not?
______
19. Do you always put paper you are finished with in a recycling bin?
Yes No
If you answered no explain why not? ______
20. How often do you buy a bottle of water from the school canteen?
______
21. What are you most likely to do with the bottle when you are finished? (tick one)
· Put it in a litter bin
· Bring it home to refill it
· Throw it on the ground
22. If you do not normally refill your bottles would you consider doing it?
Yes No
Please explain your answer:
______
23. If there were recycling bins in school for water bottles would you use them?
Yes No
Please explain your answer:
______
Transport
24. How do you get to and from school? (Tick one)
· Bus
· Car
· Walk
· Other
25. If you get by car, are there normally two or more pupils in the car?
Yes No
If you answered No would you consider sharing a lift with someone nearby to save energy? ______
26. If the school had a bike shed would you consider cycling to school?
______
Health and well being
27. How often do you choose to have vegetables at lunch time? (tick)
· Always
· Sometimes
· Never
28. How often do you chose to have fruit at school? (tick)
· Always
· Sometimes
· Never
29. If milk was available at school would you buy it?
Yes No
School grounds
31. Do you think the school grounds are well maintained?
Yes No
Explain______
32. Which of the following ideas would you like to see being developed in school to improve our school grounds? Order 1- , 1 being you favourite
· More quiet places for you to sit and talk
· More games painted on playground
· Murals, mosaics and artwork
· More trees
33. Can you suggest any other ideas you think would improve your school building/grounds?
______
Thank you for your time!!
Environmental Audit – March 2010
· Q3, Q4, Q18 and Q19 analysed.
· All surveys kept for future analysis.
Question 3
‘Do you think the school playgrounds are littered?’
7% said ‘heavily littered’
66% said ‘slightly littered’
27% said ‘not littered’
Question 4
‘Do you drop litter?’
5% said ‘often’
59% said ‘sometimes’
36% said ‘never’
Question 18
‘Do you write on both sides of the page when using paper in class?’
74% said ‘Yes’
26% said ‘No’
Question 19
‘Do you always put paper you are finished with in a recycling bin?’
67% said ‘No’
33% said ‘Yes’