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Table 7.36: Items recycled in the past month by urban/rural classification and year
Column percentage, Q2-Q4 2003, 2004 and 2005/2006 data
Households
| Year | Large urban areas | Other urban | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
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Glass bottles | 2003 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 35 |
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2004 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 41 | 53 | 53 | 39 |
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2005 | 41 | 54 | 59 | 56 | 63 | 58 | 50 |
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2006 | 45 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 57 |
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Plastic | 2003 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
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2004 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 19 |
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2005 | 31 | 45 | 36 | 28 | 40 | 25 | 36 |
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2006 | 39 | 57 | 49 | 39 | 53 | 35 | 47 |
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Metal cans | 2003 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 |
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2004 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 20 |
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2005 | 30 | 45 | 43 | 33 | 44 | 29 | 37 |
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2006 | 37 | 56 | 55 | 53 | 57 | 45 | 48 |
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Newspaper/magazines/ paper/cardboard | 2003 | 47 | 44 | 52 | 30 | 46 | 32 | 45 |
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2004 | 50 | 57 | 63 | 41 | 56 | 43 | 53 |
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2005 | 60 | 79 | 81 | 69 | 76 | 55 | 69 |
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2006 | 65 | 85 | 89 | 83 | 84 | 69 | 76 |
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One or more of these items | 2003 | 54 | 52 | 63 | 54 | 62 | 59 | 55 |
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2004 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 55 | 68 | 64 | 61 |
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2005 | 66 | 82 | 85 | 78 | 83 | 73 | 75 |
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2006 | 70 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 88 | 81 | 80 |
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Base | 2003 | 3,946 | 3,175 | 1,235 | 546 | 1,350 | 933 | 11,185 |
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2004 | 5,916 | 4,446 | 1,654 | 687 | 1,930 | 1,305 | 15,941 |
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2005 | 5,728 | 4,346 | 1,442 | 866 | 1,652 | 1,358 | 15,392 |
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2006 | 5,659 | 4,494 | 1,434 | 764 | 1,837 | 1,427 | 15,615 |
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Columns may add to more than 100% as multiple response allowed
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