This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans in 2017 regarding whether they agree that garbage disposal units in the sink can seep into and pollute the groundwater, by type of community. As of March 2017, some 22 percent of respondents living in rural communities agreed with the statement.
Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community*
* The original question was phrased as follows: "How much do you agree with the following statements concerning garbage disposal units in the sink? -It seeps and pollutes the groundwater."
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Statista Survey. (April 1, 2017). Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/
Statista Survey. "Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community*." Chart. April 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/
Statista Survey. (2017). Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/
Statista Survey. "Agreement That Garbage from Sink Disposal Units Seeps into and Pollutes Groundwater in The U.S. in 2017, by Type of Community*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/
Statista Survey, Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Agreement that garbage from sink disposal units seeps into and pollutes groundwater in the U.S. in 2017, by type of community* [Graph], Statista Survey, April 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/700369/americans-who-agree-that-garbage-disposal-units-in-the-sink-seeps-and-pollutes-the-groundwater-united-states-by-type-of-community/