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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OnePoll. (March 1, 2018). Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. "Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin." Chart. March 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. (2018). Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll. "Top Items That Brits Don’t Know They Can Put in Their Recycle Bin." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/
OnePoll, Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 26, 2024)
Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin [Graph], OnePoll, March 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/