This statistic displays the most common materials that residents in the United Kingdom (UK), aged 18 to 55 years old, wrongly thought they could put in recycle bins in 2018. The most common item was soap pump dispenser lids, with 44 percent of respondents wrongly thinking that they could be put in recycling bins. 34 percent had the misconception that used kitchen roll could also be recycled.
Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work
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OnePoll. (March 1, 2018). Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. "Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work." Chart. March 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. (2018). Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. "Top Items That Brits across All Age Groups Wrongly Thought They Could Put in The Recycle Bin at Home or at Work." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll, Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited November 12, 2024)
Top items that Brits across all age groups wrongly thought they could put in the recycle bin at home or at work [Graph], OnePoll, March 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/818212/recycling-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
