Italy: share of individuals sorting waste 2017, by age

This statistic depicts the result of a survey on the share of individuals limiting their rubbish production and sorting waste in Italy as of March 2017, by age. According to survey data, these kind of actions were more common among old people than among young individuals. Indeed, only 48 percent of young adults, aged between 18 and 24 years old, stated they adopted this behavior. On the contrary, among people aged between 55 and 64 years old, instead, 87 percent declared they usually tried to reduce the production of rubbish and sort waste.