groups of shopping bags and the findings are reported in (Muthu
et al., 2010a). These three territories were particularly chosen,
since the authors are from these territories and they intend to
create awareness and consequently educate people of the country
to which they belong to. The aims of the survey lie in comprehending
how different user groups use and dispose plastic, paper,
non-woven and woven bags. Usage and disposal behaviors are
defined as how many times people reuse different shopping bags,
what percentage of shopping bags can be recycled/sent to landfill
with the existing possibilities of recycling in their own country and
what percentage of shopping bags people perceive can be reused/
recycled/sent to landfill. Also this survey intends to comprehend
the existing recycling options provided by the government and the
willingness of people to support the government’s policies further
to improve the possibilities of recycling.