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Scotland's People: Results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey (Volume 7: Annual Report)

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Scotland's People Volume 7: results from the 2001/2002 Scottish Household Survey

Table 7-34: Items recycled in the past month by age

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

16 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 59

60 to 74

75 plus

All

Glass bottles

22

26

30

33

30

27

29

Plastic

5

6

8

7

7

6

7

Metal cans

8

8

11

11

9

8

9

Newspaper/magazine/paper/cardboard

24

25

30

34

38

37

32

None of these

63

62

57

53

51

54

56

Base

2,323

4,511

5,341

6,612

6,347

3,533

28,667

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed


Table 7-35: Items recycled in the past month by whether household has access to a motor vehicle

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Access to motor vehicle

No access to motor vehicle

All

Glass bottles

35

13

29

Plastic

8

4

7

Metal cans

11

4

9

Newspaper/magazine/paper/cardboard

36

21

32

None of these

50

72

56

Base

18,868

9,800

28,668

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed


Table 7-36: Items recycled in the past month by urban/rural classification

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

Glass bottles

25

26

34

36

39

43

29

Plastic

7

6

7

8

8

5

7

Metal cans

8

9

12

10

13

11

9

Newspaper/magazine/paper/cardboard

33

30

33

33

34

23

32

None of these

59

58

53

49

49

50

56

Base

10,292

8,345

2,936

1,289

3,263

2,497

28,622

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed

Table 7-37 : Reasons for not recycling by sex

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who do not recycle

Male

Female

All

No facilities available

31

28

29

Don't know/never thought about it

20

20

20

Facilities too far away

15

17

16

Too much mess/bother

11

11

11

Don't know where facilities are

10

9

9

Cannot transport materials to depot

7

9

8

Don't use enough/not worth it

8

8

8

Not interested/waste of time

8

7

7

Nowhere to store at home

6

6

6

Normally do - not taken it this month

1

2

2

Should be collected'

1

1

1

Don't have time

0

1

1

Other

2

2

2

Base

7,132

9,291

16,423

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed


Table 7-38: Reasons for not recycling by urban/rural classification

Column percentages, 2001/2002 data
Adult population who do not recycle

Large urban areas

Other urban areas

Accessible small towns

Remote small towns

Accessible rural

Remote rural

Scotland

No facilities available

36

24

20

14

30

33

29

Don't know/never thought about it

19

22

21

19

17

17

20

Facilities too far away

15

14

17

13

20

20

16

Too much mess/bother

11

11

15

18

9

7

11

Don't know where facilities are

12

9

7

6

6

5

9

Cannot transport materials to depot

10

9

7

10

5

3

8

Don't use enough/not worth it

5

9

10

15

11

11

8

Not interested/waste of time

7

8

9

8

7

6

7

Nowhere to store at home

6

7

6

2

4

1

6

Normally do - not taken it this month

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Should be collected'

1

2

1

0

0

1

1

Don't have time

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

Other

1

2

2

3

2

2

2

Base

6,180

4,952

1,587

677

1,642

1,359

16,397

Columns add to more than 100% since multiple responses allowed


Table 7-39: Reasons for not recycling by local authority

Row percentages, 2001/2002 data, Adult population who do not recycle

No facilities available

Don't know/ never thought about it

Facilities too far away

Too much mess/ bother

Don't know where facilities are

Cannot transport materials to depot

Don't use enough/not worth it

Not interested /waste of time

Nowhere to store at home

Normally do - not taken it this month

Should be collected

Don't have time

Other

Base

Aberdeen City

13

26

9

9

9

16

5

7

5

2

2

1

3

574

Aberdeenshire

16

21

15

16

6

5

10

6

5

4

1

1

4

587

Angus

21

17

15

20

1

2

9

13

6

1

1

1

5

306

Argyll and Bute

38

5

11

25

4

10

7

5

3

1

-

-

1

194

Clackmannanshire

23

26

12

9

7

7

5

9

7

2

1

1

4

277

Dumfries and Galloway

18

26

22

8

5

6

17

4

6

2

1

1

2

476

Dundee City

38

5

13

19

5

11

4

11

17

1

-

0

1

375

East Ayrshire

13

34

11

12

8

12

4

5

6

3

0

1

2

467

East Dumbartonshire

26

25

13

14

5

4

6

9

4

3

1

2

2

251

East Lothian

10

21

17

14

5

12

9

10

5

1

1

1

2

205

East Renfrewshire

24

40

7

11

6

5

3

5

5

3

-

-

1

205

Edinburgh City

27

16

17

16

7

12

5

6

10

1

0

1

2

1,173

Eilean Siar

40

31

4

1

7

12

3

2

1

0

-

-

0

556

Falkirk

14

33

8

12

8

5

15

5

5

1

3

1

3

352

Fife

35

10

18

10

10

8

9

9

7

1

3

0

2

1,141

Glasgow City

48

19

16

7

17

8

3

7

4

1

0

1

2

2,089

Highland

24

18

18

10

3

2

20

7

1

3

0

1

1

640

Inverclyde

24

24

26

9

11

5

4

8

3

1

0

1

2

301

Midlothian

28

23

10

12

3

1

9

9

7

1

0

0

2

401

Moray

10

18

25

9

4

2

16

20

8

1

-

0

1

331

North Ayrshire

9

28

16

12

11

17

8

6

6

1

0

1

4

475

North Lanarkshire

39

24

19

9

12

4

7

5

2

1

0

0

0

1,104

Orkney

13

19

12

8

5

3

15

17

0

9

-

-

1

267

Perth and Kinross

23

21

12

15

3

9

10

12

6

3

0

1

1

276

Renfrewshire

30

12

17

13

15

14

12

7

4

1

0

-

0

629

Scottish Borders

14

18

15

19

3

5

14

13

0

2

1

2

2

187

Shetland

12

23

15

8

6

4

26

7

2

6

-

0

1

283

South Ayrshire

13

29

12

11

7

19

7

6

7

3

1

1

1

402

South Lanarkshire

39

16

19

11

11

7

9

5

8

2

1

0

3

1,081

Stirling

17

25

12

16

10

10

10

10

6

3

1

1

2

221

West Dumbartonshire

42

16

16

6

10

7

6

5

3

2

1

1

1

230

West Lothian

32

20

15

7

11

5

6

6

6

1

3

1

4

367

Scotland

29

20

16

11

9

8

8

7

6

2

1

1

2

16,423

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