Q. Some supermarkets have stopped providing customers with free plastic bags. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
| Banning plastic bags is a positive step to protect the environment | 76% | 18% | 37% | 39% | 11% | 7% | 5% | |
| Banning plastic bags is simply an attempt by supermarkets to reduce costs | 46% | 46% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 16% | 8% | |
| The plastic bag ban will change my behaviour as a consumer | 57% | 36% | 19% | 38% | 26% | 10% | 6% | |
| Banning plastic bags, along with self-save checkouts, just places more of the work onto the shopper | 57% | 36% | 19% | 38% | 27% | 9% | 6% | |
| I support banning plastic bags in supermarkets | 73% | 20% | 39% | 34% | 11% | 9% | 7% |
73% say they support banning plastic bags in supermarkets and 76% agree that it is a positive step to protect the environment. A majority (57%) believe the ban will change their behaviour.
However, a majority also agree that it places more of the work onto the shopper (57%) and they were split over whether it is simply an attempt by supermarkets to reduce costs (46% agree/46% disagree).
Grocery buyers held very similar views to the total population.
| Grocery buyers | Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| Banning plastic bags is a positive step to protect the environment | 77% | 18% | 38% | 39% | 10% | 8% | 5% | |
| Banning plastic bags is simply an attempt by supermarkets to reduce costs | 44% | 48% | 17% | 27% | 31% | 17% | 8% | |
| The plastic bag ban will change my behaviour as a consumer | 59% | 35% | 20% | 39% | 25% | 10% | 6% | |
| Banning plastic bags, along with self-save checkouts, just places more of the work onto the shopper | 56% | 36% | 22% | 36% | 27% | 9% | 5% | |
| I support banning plastic bags in supermarkets | 74% | 20% | 40% | 34% | 11% | 9% | 6% |