Recycling Australia's Silage Plastics Survey

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* 2. What's your purpose in using silage?

Dairy production

Red meat production

Both dairy and red meat production

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Where is your farm located?

Town

Postcode

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* 4. What's your average herd size (silage fed)?

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* 5. On average, how many silage bales would you use on your farm each year?

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* 6. On average, how much silage pit plastic would you use on your farm each year? (please respond in square metres)

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* 7. How do you purchase your silage plastics?

Contractor provides the plastic

Online

Local Agricultural retailers

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Do you use a contractor to bale your silage?

Yes

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* 9. What proportion of your pit cover plastic do you reuse?

100

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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 10. How do you dispose of your silage plastics?

(Note: this data will be anonymised. Inidividual responses will not be released)

Collected by Recycler

Drop-off at a local recycling point

Local landfill - collected by waste management company

Local landfill - drop-off

Bury on farm

Burn on farm

Other (please specify)

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* 11. If collected by a recycler or dropped at a local recycling point which recycler/drop-off point?

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* 12. What time of year, in month(s), do you dispose of the plastics?

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* 13. If the scheme ran a collection service, is there a particular time of year you’d need the plastic to be collected?

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* 14. How many times per year do you think you’d need a collection or to drop-off?

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* 15. Please explain your answer

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* 16. How important is it to you that silage plastics are recycled?

Not at all important

Not important

Neutral

Somewhat important

Very important

Not at all important

Not important

Neutral

Somewhat important

Very important

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* 17. Why is this important to you

Don't want to waste materials

Reduce Pollution

Reduce Landfill

Reduce environmental impact

It's the right thing to do

It's a requirement of my milk suppy contract

it's part of the business's environmental plan and goals

It's part of land stewardship

It's part of ensuring future generations have access to resources

Maintains the dairy industry's clean, green image

Other (please specify)

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* 18. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to store silage plastics on your property to be collected?

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

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* 19. If there was a local collection point within 50 km of your farm, how willing would you be to transport silage plastics to that local collection point?

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

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* 20. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to separate the net or twine from the silage plastic?

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

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* 21. If you rated any of the collection options in questions 16, 17 or 18 as either 1 or 2, please explain why

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* 22. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to purchase bags to contain the silage plastics until collection/delivery? (for example a collection scheme in NZ charges $40NZD a bag and each bag can store 150-200 bale wraps)

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

Not at all

Unlikely

Neutral

Likely

Very likely

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* 23. Would you be willing to participate in a trial?

Yes

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* 24. Would you be interested in providing further feedback as the project progresses?

Yes

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* 25. If you answered yes to questions 21 or 22, then please provide your name and best contact method

Name

Contact Email

Contact Phone

Recycling Australia's Silage Plastics

Silage wrap and pit covers recycling project

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* 1. Do you use silage on your farm?

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* 2. What's your purpose in using silage?

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* 3. Where is your farm located?

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* 4. What's your average herd size (silage fed)?

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* 5. On average, how many silage bales would you use on your farm each year?

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* 6. On average, how much silage pit plastic would you use on your farm each year? (please respond in square metres)

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* 7. How do you purchase your silage plastics?

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* 8. Do you use a contractor to bale your silage?

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* 9. What proportion of your pit cover plastic do you reuse?

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* 10. How do you dispose of your silage plastics?(Note: this data will be anonymised. Inidividual responses will not be released)

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* 11. If collected by a recycler or dropped at a local recycling point which recycler/drop-off point?

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* 12. What time of year, in month(s), do you dispose of the plastics?

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* 13. If the scheme ran a collection service, is there a particular time of year you’d need the plastic to be collected?

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* 14. How many times per year do you think you’d need a collection or to drop-off?

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* 15. Please explain your answer

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* 16. How important is it to you that silage plastics are recycled?

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* 17. Why is this important to you

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* 18. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to store silage plastics on your property to be collected?

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* 19. If there was a local collection point within 50 km of your farm, how willing would you be to transport silage plastics to that local collection point?

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* 20. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to separate the net or twine from the silage plastic?

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* 21. If you rated any of the collection options in questions 16, 17 or 18 as either 1 or 2, please explain why

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* 22. If there was the option for silage plastics to be collected from your farm, how willing would you be to purchase bags to contain the silage plastics until collection/delivery? (for example a collection scheme in NZ charges $40NZD a bag and each bag can store 150-200 bale wraps)

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* 23. Would you be willing to participate in a trial?

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* 24. Would you be interested in providing further feedback as the project progresses?

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* 25. If you answered yes to questions 21 or 22, then please provide your name and best contact method

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* 26. Do you have any other comments in relation to recycling of silage plastics?

* 10. How do you dispose of your silage plastics?

(Note: this data will be anonymised. Inidividual responses will not be released)