Recycling bin misconceptions in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
This statistic displays the most common materials that residents in the United Kingdom (UK), aged 18 to 55 years old, didn't know they could put in recycle bins in 2018. The most common item was used and cleaned kitchen foil and foil trays, with 66 percent of respondents wrongly thinking that they could not be put in recycling bins. 51 percent of respondents had the misconception that empty bleach bottles could not be put in recycle bins.

Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin

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Release date

March 2018

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2018

Number of respondents

2,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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