GATESHEAD ALTERNATE WEEKLY COLLECTION CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE – VIEWPOINT PANEL
Please enter your View Point ID number here: ________________________________
Q1. How satisfied are you with your current household recycling services? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Very satisfied
Fairly satisfied
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Fairly dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
Q2. To what extent do you feel you support the Council in recycling in Gateshead?
PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Strongly support
Fairly supportive
Neither supportive or
unsupportive
Not very supportive
Not supportive at all
Q3. How regularly do you use the following recycling facilities in Gateshead? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ON EACH ROW
Weekly
Household recycling bin
‘Bring’ sites (recycling banks)
Household Recycling Centres
On-street recycling facilities
Charity shops
Fortnightly
Monthly
Less than once a month
Never
If you answered ‘Never’ to any of the above, please state why in this box.
Q4. Did you know, you do not need to put your household waste bin out for collection every week if it is not full?
PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Yes
No
Q5. Currently, how often do you usually put your household waste bin out for collection? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
a. Every week
b. Every fortnight
c. 3 times a
month
d. Once a month
e. Less than once
a month
f. Only when it’s
full
Q6. When you put out your household waste bin out for collection, it is usually… PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Empty or nearly
empty
Quarter full
Half full
Three quarters full
Full
Overflowing
Q7. Do you feel you have enough space in each of the following household bins? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY ON
EACH ROW
Yes, enough space
No, not enough space
I don’t have this bin
Blue Recycling bin (or communal recycling bin)
Household waste bin (green bin)
‘Green-it’ bin (for garden waste)
In the last Council Budget Consultation, residents suggested alternate weekly waste collections as one of the best ways
to improve efficiency and reduce council spending. In over half of the councils in the UK, household waste is collected
every 2 weeks. As a result, these councils are recycling much more. Gateshead is proposing to collect waste and
recycling every 2 weeks in 2012.
Q8. How do you feel about this the proposal to collect weekly waste every 2 weeks?
I am happy with the
proposal and I support it
I am not happy with the
proposal, but I do support it
PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
I am not happy with the
proposal and I do not support it
I don’t feel strongly
either way
Q9. Gateshead Council continues to make improvements to the waste and recycling services in the borough Please
rank each of the following in order of importance to you, from 1 to 6, with ‘1’ being most important and ‘6’ being
least important.
Rank
a. Extending the number of recycling banks (bring sites) across the borough
b. Reviewing the policy on additional household recycling bin requests
c. Improving the household waste and recycling centres
d. Introducing enforcement measures to encourage non-recyclers to start recycling
e. Continuing to provide regular information and updates on recycling and waste collection
f. Extending the range of materials that can be recycled in the household recycling bin
Q10. Thinking about information about waste and recycling in Gateshead, what do you think about…
a. the way we communicate information to you, e.g. leaflets, Council News, Council website etc?
PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Too much communication
About right
Not enough communication
…and b. how easy information is to find? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Very easy
Fairly easy
Fairly difficult
Very difficult
Don’t know
Information About You
To help us understand how people feel right across the borough, we need to know if views are different in all areas. This
is why we ask the questions in this last section. None of the information you give will be used for any other purpose.
Q11. How many people live in your household (including you)?
Adults (people aged 18 or older)
Children (People aged under 18)
Q12. What type of housing do you live in? PLEASE  ONE ANSWER ONLY
Detached house or bungalow
Terraced house or bungalow
Semi-detached house or bungalow
Flat, maisonette or apartment
Other (please state)
Q13. Do you have communal /shared household recycling facilities OR your own household recycling bins? PLEASE 
ONE ANSWER ONLY
Communal/shared recycling facilities
Own household recycling bins
Q14. To which of these age groups do you belong?
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75+
Please enter your postcode here: (Your postcode will only be used for our own evaluation purposes and your address
will remain confidential).
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The Council is considering setting up a network of ‘recycling champions’ and voluntary workers, for example, to support
composting and allotment schemes and to help shape our future services and support recycling initiatives in
Gateshead. If you would be interested in participating, please provide your address details so we can contact you in
future:
Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Email: (optional) ______________________________________________________________________________________________
If you have any further comments, please use the box below.
Thank you for taking the time to fill in this questionnaire. We value your feedback and it will be used to help shape the
waste and recycling services we provide in Gateshead.
For more information:
Visit:
www.gateshead.gov.uk/recycle
Email:
customerservices@gateshead.gov.uk