According to a survey conducted on waste reduction in Hong Kong in January 2021, 23.8 percent of the respondents mentioned inconvenience as the main difficulty concerning waste reduction practices. Within the same group of respondents, 18.9 percent stated that better alternatives were not available or not to be trusted.
Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021
Original question: "What do you think are the major difficulties/ hindrances in implementing waste reduction practices in your daily life?" (multiple answers allowed)
*Recyclables still end up at the landfill, less packaged product options are not available.
**Including factors such as not enough available facilities, laziness, useless to do, not enough education, no time to do, COVID-19, not planning to have the next generation.
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Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. (March 11, 2021). Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. "Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021." Chart. March 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. (2021). Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. "Perceived Difficulties and Hindrances concerning Waste Reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/ (last visited November 02, 2024)
Perceived difficulties and hindrances concerning waste reduction in Hong Kong as of January 2021 [Graph], Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 11, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1244328/hong-kong-waste-reduction-obstacles/
