Denmark: attitude towards introduction of plastic bag deposit 2017

This statistic shows the result of a survey from May 2017 on the attitude towards an introduction of a plastic bag deposit scheme in Denmark. During the survey period, 34 percent of respondents stated that it would be a very good idea to introduce plastic bag deposit in Denmark. Only 5 percent of respondents were against the scheme. The background of this survey was the introduction of a plastic bag deposit in April 2017 by the Swedish retailer Hemköp, which is part of the Axfood Group.

Do you think it would be a good or a bad idea to introduce a plastic bag deposit scheme in Denmark?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Very good idea	34%
Somewhat good idea	34%
Neither good nor bad idea	14%
Somewhat bad idea	8%
Very bad idea	5%
Don't know	5%

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Release date

May 2017

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

May 11 to May 14, 2017

Number of respondents

1,217 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Mener du, at det vil være en god eller dårlig idé, hvis man i Danmark indfører pant vi kender fra flaskepant herhjemme. Mener du, at det vil være en god eller dårlig idé, hvis man i Danmark indfører pant på plastikposer?"

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