Views on future of reusing products globally by country 2019

Respondents in most of the surveyed countries in Europe agreed that, in the next three years, they expected that reusing products by repairing or reconstructing would be a more common alternative to the traditional ways of waste disposal. On the other hand, only 47 percent of the respondents in the United States agreed with this statement as of August 2019.

Share of respondents who expect to reuse and repair products rather throwing away in the next three years worldwide as of August 2019, by country*

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

August 16 to 30, 2019

Number of respondents

15,146 respondents

Special properties

from 15 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Original question stated as follows: "To what extent do you agree or disagree: in the next three years I expect to be re-using products more by having them repaired if they break, instead of just throwing them away."

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