Environment and society
Waste management and recycling

Regular collection of recyclable waste in % by country 2000 - By age and by education

Question wording: ‘How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?’

Answer categories: ‘always’, ‘often’, ‘sometimes’, ‘never’, ‘recycling not available where I live’. Percentages correspond to respondents who answered ‘always’.

Sample size: ISSP 2000: 958–1501; weighted data.

Source: ISSP 2000.

Data for the indicator or in excel.

Description and explanation in the corresponding chapter of the Social Report 2008.