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Table 7.38: Reasons for not recycling by urban/rural classification
Column percentages, 2005/2006 data
Households who do not recycle
| Large urban areas | Other urban areas | Accessible small towns | Remote small towns | Accessible rural | Remote rural | Scotland |
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No facilities available | 59 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 43 | 31 | 50 |
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Don't know/never thought about it | 10 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
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Facilities too far away | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
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Too much mess/bother | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
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Do not use enough/not enough to be worth it | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
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Don't know where facilities are | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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Cannot transport materials to recycling depot | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
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Nowhere to store at home | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
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Not interested/waste of time | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
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Council doesn't do separate collection/ stopped/should do | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
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Normally do - not taken it this month | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Not able to/too old/ill | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Re-use | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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No time | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Bases | 3,631 | 1,328 | 355 | 322 | 496 | 733 | 6,865 |
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Columns may add to more than 100% as multiple responses allowed.
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