Attitudes towards recycling in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic displays the reasons that prevent households from recycling in the United Kingdom in 2017. 68% of respondents said they already recycle as much as they can, whilst 9 percent feel the recycling information on products is too confusing. 2 percent of respondents admitted that a reason preventing them from recycling was that they could not be bothered.

What, if anything, prevents you/your household from recycling?

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Release date

November 2017

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

3,381 respondents

Supplementary notes

* Percentages do not total to 100% due to multi-code questions which allows respondents to select all relevant responses.

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