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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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