Eco-School Survey
Bins
1. Are there enough litter bins inside the school? Y/N
Commen
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2. Are they in the right places? Y/N
Comment
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3. Are there enough litter bins in the school grounds? Y/N
Comment
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4. Are they in the right places? Y/N
Comment
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What do you think about litter?
1. Tick
the things you would call litter?
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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)
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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?
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It was a punishment
It was playground duty
I volunteered
Other (state
reason)_____________________________________
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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?
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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?
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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?
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19. Do you always put paper you are finished with in a recycling bin?
Yes
No
If you answered no explain why not?
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20. How often do you buy a bottle of water from the school canteen?
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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:
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23. If there were recycling bins in school for water bottles would you use
them?
Yes
No
Please explain your answer:
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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?
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26. If the school had a bike shed would you consider cycling to school?
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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)
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29. If milk was available
Yes
Always
Sometimes
Never
at school would you buy it?
No
School grounds
31. Do you think the school grounds are well maintained?
Yes
No
Explain____________________________________________________
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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
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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?
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Thank you for your time!!
Environmental Audit – March 2010
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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’