This statistic displays the most common materials that residents in the United Kingdom (UK), aged 18 to 55 years old, didn't know they could put in recycle bins in 2018. The most common item was used and cleaned kitchen foil and foil trays, with 66 percent of respondents wrongly thinking that they could not be put in recycling bins. 51 percent of respondents had the misconception that empty bleach bottles could not be put in recycle bins.
Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin
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OnePoll. (March 1, 2018). Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
OnePoll. "Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin." Chart. March 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
OnePoll. (2018). Top items that Brits don’t know they can put in their recycle bin. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
OnePoll. "Top Items That Brits Don’t Know They Can Put in Their Recycle Bin." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/818232/recycle-bin-misconceptions-united-kingdom-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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