世論 What Japan Thinks

Having looked recently at the computer recycle law, here’s a related look with iBridge Research Plus, reported on by japan.internet.com at printer disposal.

Demographics

On the 10th of May 2010 300 members of the iBridge monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.3% of the sample were male, 13.0% in their twenties, 33.3% in their thirties, 29.7% in their forties, 15.3% in their fifties, and 8.7% in their sixties.

In Q1SQ2, note that most local authorities have separate collections for unburnable rubbish and large rubbish. Some places charge for certain kinds of large rubbish, and some places also try to recycle the large rubbish, although I haven’t a clue what happens to the unburnables.

My local authority says that printers can be disposed of for free as large rubbish, although my last place charged 300 yen, so when I had a printer to throw away I dismantled it and chucked it out bit-by-bit…

Research results

Q1: Do you have a printer at home? (Sample size=300)

Currently have one (to SQ1)	87.3%
Used to have one (to SQ1)	3.3%
Never had one	9.3%

Q1SQ1: Have you disposed of a printer since October 2003? (Sample size=272)

Yes (to SQ2, SQ3)	41.2%
No (to SQ3)	56.3%
Forgotten (to SQ3)	2.6%

Q1SQ2: How did you dispose of your printer? (Sample size=112)

Contacted maker directly to pick up	1.8%
Passed it over to shop	24.1%
Threw it out as large rubbish	48.2%
Threw it out as non-burnable rubbish	25.9%

Q1SQ3: Do you think that printers should be included in the PC Recycle Law? (Sample size=272)

Yes	54.0%
No	14.3%
Don’t know	31.6%