Upcycling Survey (Please View)

[Zezi098]

Hi everyone,

I am a student who is currently studying Business/ICT. For one of my projects I have been assigned a task to inform the general public about 'Upcycling'. Therefore I have created a simple questionnaire for some answers that I desperately need. I need around 10-15 responses.

I would be very grateful if you could take a few minutes and answer all these questions.

Thanks very much.

Questionnaire:

I have decided to hold an Upcycling event at a venue and to ensure that the event will go down as a success I'm doing some research and I would appreciate and be very grateful to those who can kindly answer this questionnaire.

Upcycling is the method of converting useless products into new and better material which have more value and are of better quality. e.g using a empty soup can as a pencil holder.

Have you ever heard of Upcycling? Please circle
Yes No Sounds Familiar

How long does it take to fill up your household bin with rubbish? Please State...

If you have finished a tin of baked beans would you:
A: Throw it Away
B: Recycle it
C: Use it as a pencil holder

If you needed a bracelet would you:
A: Buy one
B: Make one

What would you like the venue to have? Please Circle one or more
A: A near train station
B: Car parking facilities
C: Disabled Access
D: Wi-Fi
E: Good Technology e.g a projector
F: Snack serving facilities
G: Other Please state....

How much would you like to pay for an entry fee? Please State

When in the day would you like for the event to take place? Please Circle
Morning Afternoon Evening

What demonstrations would you like to see at the event?
A: A selection of guitar picks being made into a keychain
B: Using old bottles to make a vase
C: Turning a jar into a snow globe
D: Using paperclips to create a necklace and key chain

We are also giving away a free kit which should help you get started on Upcylcing. What would you like to have in the free kit? (Note A B C D are all options from the previous question.)

A B C D All

Would you like to see any videos at the event? Please Circle....
Yes No


Any other suggestions? Please State...

Age? Please State...

Gender? Please State...


Thank you very much, if you think of any suggestions and improvements would you please post it at the end after your survey, thank you.

[debijayne]

heard of upcycling; sounds familiar,
would take bout a month to fill my household bin;
b;
b;
b & c;
£5;
evening;
b;
all,
no;
suggest fines for not re or upcycling;
age 40;
female.

hope these replies help, i`m not the best on the computer!!

[kaytee]

Just before I reply to the survey , I would like to say that we try to upcycle . Examples:-Cats beds out of cardboard boxes and old blankets
Floor and dish cloths from old cotton T-shirts( or is that one downcycling )
Veg growing boxes from the polystyrene inserts from a new oven packaging.
Planting flowers in old wellies
Pump bottles for shampoo/ hand soap can be used for poster paint dispensers.
Very nice stuff made out of bits of tat is surely art!
ANSWERS
NO
2days ( there are7 of us )
Recycle it
Buy one- I have made bracelets out of paper mache but would rather buy now
A
£5
Afternoon
Bottles to vases ( Please don't say shells and pollyfilla! )
A
No

Good luck!!

[artdemole]

This is my reply I hope they are numbered correctly..
1---NO
2--Never Full
3---B
4-- Don't wear one
5--Upcycle bins
6--nil
7--Evening
8-All-A+B+C+D
9--A
10--Yes.- I Still use My Videos bought from charity shops
11- Leaflets on upcycle
12--62yrs and hope to get older
13--Male person....
This concludes the reply

[Miss Caretaker]

1. yes
2. about 2 weeks (2 of us)
3. B
4. Buy one
5. A, B, C, E, F
6. £2-£5
7. Depends on which day of the week, ie weekdays - evening; weekends - afternoon
8. A or B
9. A or B
10. Not fussed
11. Plenty of clothes are upcycled to bags etc, perhaps sell these at the event.
12. 33
13. Female

[posie]

Hello.......

No
Never full
B
A or B
F
£5
Afternoon or Evening
C
All if possible
Yes


..?..You shouldn't ask a woman her age
Female

I think the question about the household bin is not useful to this survey, because all bins are the same size in each area, but some households have only one resident, whereas others may have lots of residents...so it doesn't really mean anything..

In addition to the kit/kits, will you issue instruction sheets for all other ideas covered in the 'workshop'?.

When advertising the event, you could ask people to bring along examples or ideas they already have.

I think this event could need more than 2 or 3 hours, if it is a 1off event...Could make a good all-day workshop at weekend. then the entry fee would have to be more, because it would be more of a workshop than a 'lecture' and you would need to supply more 'materials...Just a few thoughts... Good Luck with it....Posie..

[agrumpycow]

Have you ever heard of Upcycling? Please circle
No

How long does it take to fill up your household bin with rubbish? Please State...
3-4 weeks

If you have finished a tin of baked beans would you:
B: Recycle it


If you needed a bracelet would you:
B: Make one

What would you like the venue to have? Please Circle one or more
C: Disabled Access

How much would you like to pay for an entry fee? Please State
depends where it was, how big it was and what was on show

When in the day would you like for the event to take place? Please Circle
Afternoon

What demonstrations would you like to see at the event?
all

Would you like to see any videos at the event? Please Circle....
No


Any other suggestions? Please State...

Age? Please State... 31

Gender? Please State...F

[kaytee]

please ammend my household bin question to two weeks- I thought you meant kitchen bin!

[Purplepixii]

Have you ever heard of Upcycling? Please circle
No

How long does it take to fill up your household bin with rubbish? Please State...
2 weeks

If you have finished a tin of baked beans would you:
B: Recycle it


If you needed a bracelet would you:
A: Buy one


What would you like the venue to have? Please Circle one or more
B: Car parking facilities
C: Disabled Access
D: Wi-Fi


How much would you like to pay for an entry fee? Please State
Depends on format of the event...

When in the day would you like for the event to take place? Please Circle
Afternoon

What demonstrations would you like to see at the event?
B: Using old bottles to make a vase
C: Turning a jar into a snow globe


We are also giving away a free kit which should help you get started on Upcylcing. What would you like to have in the free kit? (Note A B C D are all options from the previous question.)
B

Would you like to see any videos at the event? Please Circle....
No


Age? Please State...35

Gender? Please State...F

Happy to help
Pixii

[Gill Catton]

This sounds like a great idea!

Have I ever heard of upcycling? - No

How long to fill up the household bin - the big wheely-bin between two weeks and a month depending on if my husband is away or not.

If I finish a tin of beans I recycle it. I only need one pencil holder.

If I needed a bracelet - I would make one (but then I love beading.

What facilities would I like the venue to have?
Parking facilities
snack serving facilities (tea and cake always goes down well!)

How much would I pay for entry to the venue - it would indeed depend on the content of the exhibition, I would suggest free entry (or perhaps less than a £1) but charge for tea and cake.

When in the day should it take place - Probably a similar time slot to a school fete or similar so late morning to afternoon.

What demonstrations would I like to see - All of these and perhaps something a little more complex as well (see suggestions).

Free kit. Old bottle into Vase possibly or see suggestions. (old / broken necklace, needle thread and pattern for stitching)

Videos.
Perhaps one for subjects that can't be easily demonstrated inside.

Suggestions.
Or what about a wildlife friendly suggestion like turning old bamboo canes into bee houses by cutting them into short lengths and sticking the lengths together into a bundle which can be attached to a tree or fence.

What about something like turning kitchen waste into compost. - Then eventually you can have used potato peelings to grow strawberries! There are lots of people (me included!) that haven't been really taught on how to make good compost and would love to learn, you could get someone from a local allotment to talk about what to use to make compost and what not to, whether to turn it or not, how long to let it mature etc.

Also what about turning a broken necklace (or charity shop necklace that has seen better days) into a new necklace with a really basic beading stitch like the daisy-chain stitch (which is really really easy honest!) if you google 'beading daisy-chain stitch' it comes up.

I'm 33 and female

Hope this helps!