Table 4.

Questionnaire items

Knowledge	Plastic is a serious issue
	Plastic degrades environmental and human health
	Plastics are banned in Mussoorie
Behaviour	I dispose plastic waste properly
	I avoid using plastic where not needed
	I try to follow 3R approach (reduce, reuse, and recycle)
	I try to make awareness among others to not use plastics because of negative impact
Attitude	Maximum plastic like polyethylene, customer take in free of cost
	I favour ban on using polyethylene and single-use plastic like water bottle
	I favour to have special permission from government to synthesize polyethylene
Plastic waste in a day	I generate < 25 g plastic waste
	I generate 25–50 g plastic waste
	I generate 50–100 g plastic waste
	I generate 100–200 g plastic waste
	I generate > 200 g plastic waste