Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q1. What is your position with this business? Answer Options Owner Manager Other (please specify): Response Percent 72.6 % 15.5 % 11.9 % answered question skipped question Response Count 61 13 10 84 0 Response Percent 2.4 % 10.8 % 79.5 % 7.2 % answered question skipped question Response Count 2 9 66 6 83 1 Q2. Is this business... Answer Options A franchise Part of a chain Independent business Other (please specify): Q3. What is the approximate square footage of this business location? Answer Options Less than 5,000 square feet 5,000 - 10,000 square feet 10,001 - 50,000 square feet 50,001 - 100,000 square feet Greater than 100,000 square feet www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Percent 60.7 % 17.9 % 11.9 % 3.6 % 6.0 % answered question skipped question Response Count 51 15 10 3 5 84 0 Page 1 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q4. Which of the following best describes this business? Answer Options Food (grocery, specialty food, convenience store, etc.) Household items (home furnishings, office supplies, electronics, garden, etc.) Specialty retail (apparel, books, beauty supplies, sporting equipment, etc.) Hardware Drugstore Other (please specify): Response Percent Response Count 3.6 % 3 2.4 % 2 50.0 % 0.0 % 0.0 % 44.0 % answered question skipped question 42 0 0 37 84 0 Q5. How many people are employed at this location? Answer Options Less than 10 10 - 50 More than 50 Response Percent 72.6 % 21.4 % 6.0 % answered question skipped question Response Count 61 18 5 84 0 Q6. What are the approximate annual sales at this location? Answer Options Less than $250,000 $250,000 - $500,000 $500,001 - $1,000,000 $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 More than $5,000,000 Response Percent 43.2 % 12.3 % 13.6 % 25.9 % 4.9 % answered question skipped question www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Count 35 10 11 21 4 81 3 Page 2 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q7. Does your business provide disposable plastic and/or paper bags to customers? Answer Options Response Percent Yes, my business provides disposable bags to customers 49.4 % No, my business does not provide disposable bags to customers 38.0 % Other (please specify): 12.7 % answered question skipped question Response Count 39 30 10 79 5 *Data from question 7 - 16 were filtered to show only responses from businesses that provide bags to customers. Q7. Does your business provide disposable plastic and/or paper bags to customers? Answer Options Response Percent Yes, my business provides disposable bags to customers 79.6 % No, my business does not provide disposable bags to customers 0.0 % Other (please specify): 20.4 % answered question skipped question Response Count 39 0 10 49 0 Q8. Approximately what percentage of the bags you provide to customers are: (write "N/A" if your business does not provide bags to customers) Answer Options Response Percent Paper 71.4 % Plastic 87.8 % Reusable (cloth, woven recycled plastic, etc.) 36.7 % answered question skipped question www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Count 35 43 18 49 0 Page 3 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q9. Approximately what percentage of your customers bring their own, reusable bags when they shop at your store? Answer Options answered question skipped question Response Count 48% 48 1 Q10. Would your business consider offering incentives to your customers to bring their own reusable shopping bags? Answer Options Response Percent Already offer incentives 0.0 % Would consider 28.6 % Would not consider 40.8 % Don't know 30.6 % answered question skipped question Response Count 0 14 20 15 49 0 Q11. Do you support a fee or a ban on disposable plastic and/or paper bags? Answer Options Fee on plastic bags Fee on paper bags Ban plastic bags Ban paper bags No action Yes (%) 19.6% 13.3% 17.0% 6.5% 69.0% www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Maybe - I need more information (%) No (%) 17.4% 63.0% 20.0% 66.7% 12.8% 70.2% 10.9% 82.6% 16.7% 14.3% answered question skipped question Response Count 46 45 47 46 42 49 0 Page 4 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q12. Would you support the following fee options for paper and/or plastic bags? $0.05 Answer Options Plastic bags Paper bags $0.10 Answer Options Plastic bags Paper bags $0.25 Answer Options Plastic bags Paper bags $1.00 Answer Options Plastic bags Paper bags Yes (%) 23.4% 15.2% Maybe - I need more information (%) 17.0% 10.9% No (%) 59.6% 73.9% Response Count 47 46 Yes (%) 15.4% 12.8% Maybe - I need more information (%) 5.1% 2.6% No 79.5% 84.6% Response Count 39 39 Yes (%) 13.2% 5.1% Maybe - I need more information (%) 5.3% 7.7% No 81.6% 87.2% Response Count 38 39 Yes (%) 3.0% 0.0% Maybe - I need more information (%) No 3.0% 93.9% 3.0% 97.0% answered question skipped question Response Count 33 33 47 2 Q13. If a fee is applied to disposable bags, how should it be used? Answer Options Response Percent Given to retailer to offset increased bag costs 44.9 % Given to a community environmental clean-up organization 8.2 % Split between retailer and other organization 12.2 % No fee 30.6 % Other (please specify): 4.1 % answered question skipped question www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Count 22 4 6 15 2 49 0 Page 5 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q14. If a fee or ban is adopted, which businesses should it apply to? (check all that apply) Answer Options Response Percent Response Count All businesses 45.7 % 21 Businesses over a certain square footage 23.9 % 11 Businesses over a certain revenue 21.7 % 10 Businesses of a certain type (please specify): 28.3 % 13 answered question 46 skipped question 3 Q15. Please rate the following statement: The City of Tacoma should adopt an ordinance restricting the use of disposable shopping bags. Answer Options Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Response Percent 14.3 % 14.3 % 12.2 % 12.2 % 46.9 % answered question skipped question Response Count 7 7 6 6 23 49 0 Q16. What is the appropriate lead time for implementation of an ordinance if approved? In other words, how long should the delay period be between when a restriction is passed and when it goes into effect? Answer Options Response Percent 3 months 8.5 % 6 months 12.8 % 9 months 10.6 % 12 months 42.6 % Not sure 10.6 % Other (please specify): 14.9 % answered question skipped question www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Count 4 6 5 20 5 7 47 2 Page 6 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Q17. Please use the space below to provide additional feedback about a possible disposable shopping bag restriction in Tacoma. Answer Options Response Count 47 answered question skipped question 47 37 Q18. 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Answer Options Name Business Email Address Response Percent 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % answered question skipped question www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Response Count 25 25 25 25 59 Page 7 of 8 Possible Shopping Bag Restrictions – Business Survey, Summarized Results Total Responses: 84 Business Survey Comments (47) Pro Action Reasons Status Quo Reasons Business responsible for educating customers, providing sustainable options Concerns: theft, ↑ cost, customer complaints, ↓ revenue Works well in other cities, Seattle Burdens: record keeping, small businesses, customers, lowincome Good for environment Plastic bags are economical; Paper bags don’t work in rain Causes businesses to evaluate packaging as a whole Won’t help environment, better ways to address litter Need local action, can’t wait for other leaders Businesses have right to choose Makes Tacoma better place to live www.cityoftacoma.org/shoppingbags Page 8 of 8