4602.0.55.002 - Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use, Mar 2009

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Contents >> Household waste management >> Reasons why households do not recycle waste

REASONS WHY HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT RECYCLE WASTE

The most common reason for households not recycling waste was 'does not use any or enough materials to warrant recycling/not appropriate' (95% ). One in seven households (14%) reported they were 'not interested/too much effort' and 13% reported 'no services/facilities provided' as a reason. One-tenth of Australian households (10%) offered no reason for not recycling (table 2.7).