Key Scottish Environment Statistics 2009
Annual publication containing summary of key statistics on environmental trends in Scotland
Waste
Waste Recycling Behaviour: 2000-2008
Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team 2009, job4615db
Percentage surveyed who reported recycling waste items in the past month
Adult Respondents |
Households |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item |
2000 |
2002 |
2003 6 |
2005 |
2007 7 |
2008 |
Glass bottles and jars 8 |
29 |
31 |
35 |
50 |
67 |
71 |
Newspaper/magazines/paper/card |
30 |
33 |
45 |
69 |
81 |
83 |
Plastic bottles 8 |
6 |
8 |
13 |
36 |
58 |
65 |
Metal cans |
9 |
10 |
14 |
37 |
59 |
65 |
One or more of above items |
43 |
45 |
55 |
75 |
84 |
87 |
The reduction, reuse and recovery of household waste are key sustainable development and Zero Waste objectives. The Scottish Household Survey 9 provides information on recycling behaviour. Before 2003, adults were asked which of certain waste items they had recycled, if any, from home in the past month. From 2003 the same question was asked of households.
In 2008, 87% of households surveyed said they had recycled one or more of the tabulated items in the past month, increasing from 55% in 2003. Over 80% had recycled paper and card and 65% had recycled plastic bottles and metal cans. Since 2003, the percentage of households recycling waste has increased for each item in the survey.
The chart shows the percentage of households surveyed who said they recycled some waste material in the past month, by local authority area, averaged over 2007 and 2008.
Source: Scottish Government (Data), Ordnance Survey10(Map Boundaries)
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