Community POWER Evaluation Questions for
Youth Groups and Students
Directions: Place a check mark in the box that best describes your actions or feelings.
Recycling
Do you recycle paper, newspaper or magazines:
at home?
at school?
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Do you recycle metal cans, like pop cans:
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
at home?
at school?
Do you recycle glass bottles and jars:
at home?
at school?
Do you recycle plastic bottles and containers:
at home?
at school?
Do you recycle cartons, like milk cartons and
juice boxes:
at home?
at school?
Community POWER Evaluation Questions for
Youth Groups and Students
Recycling
Do you recycle boxes, like cereal and snack boxes,
and other boxes made from cardboard?
at home?
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Always
Sometimes
Never
Does Not
Apply
Never
Does Not
Apply
at school?
Do you help recycle at home by:
Putting recyclable items in your family’s
recycling bin?
Rinsing out containers before putting them in your
family’s recycling cart or bag?
Taking your family’s recycling out to the curb for
pickup or to a collection bin?
Name 2 items that you could recycle more:
1.
2.
Composting
How often do you :
Take more food than you can eat?
Put food scraps in compost or organics bin at home?
Put food scraps in organics or hogs bin at school?
Add compost to your family’s garden, lawn or house
plants?
Leave grass clippings on your family’s lawn when
you mow?
Always
Sometimes
Community POWER Evaluation Questions for
Youth Groups and Students
Waste Reduction and Reuse
How often do you :
Use a reusable water bottle?
Use a reusable lunch bag or lunch box?
Use reusable containers for a packed lunch or snack?
Use a cloth or reusable bag or no bag for items you buy?
Give away or sell your stuff, like games, CDs, toys sporting
goods or clothes?
Use clothing, sporting goods or other items that once
belonged to someone else?
Make your own gifts, cards or gift wrap?
Give your time or talent instead of a material gift?
Use both sides of your writing paper?
Borrow books from the library?
Name 2 actions that you can do to reduce waste:
1.
2.
Always
Sometimes
Never
Don’t Have
Community POWER Evaluation Questions for
Youth Groups and Students
Overall
After learning about reducing, reusing, recycling or composting through this project, I feel
like I have enough knowledge to teach somebody else two new things.
Comments
What did you like most about this project?
What did you like least about this project?
Yes
No