London - Defra has released results from the 2009 Public attitudes and behaviours towards the environment tracker survey. The survey gives a representative picture of what people in England think, and how they behave, across a range of issues like recycling and composting. It was commissioned jointly by Defra and the Energy Saving Trust and consisted of 2,009 face to face interviews. The last survey was published in 2007.
Concerning recycling, composting and reusing waste, the proportion of people saying that they recycle waste has increased, compared with two years ago, and the majority of people say they are acting to recycle:
* 91 per cent of respondents said they ‘recycle items rather than throwing them away’, compared with 70 per cent in 2007. 56 per cent of respondents said they did so always; 19 per cent very often and 11 per cent quite often
* 88 per cent of respondents agreed ‘people have a duty to recycle’ representing an increase of ten percentage points since 2007
* 66 per cent of respondents said they recycled plastic through door-step collection, compared with 47 per cent in 2007
* 71 per cent of respondents said they recycled cardboard through door-step collection, compared with 53 per cent in 2007
* 80 per cent of respondents said they recycled tins/cans through door-step collection, compared with 63 per cent in 2007
* 76 per cent of respondents said they recycled glass through door-step collection, compared with 59 per cent in 2007
* 84 per cent of respondents said they were already taking their own shopping bag. 56 per cent of respondents said they did so always; 14 per cent very often and 6 per cent quite often.
* 43 per cent of respondents said they were already composting household food or garden waste’. 28 per cent of respondents said they did so always; 8 per cent very often and 4 per cent quite often. However 20 per cent had thought about doing this but had rejected the idea.
* 63 per cent of respondents said they did not check whether an item could be recycled before purchasing.
Concerning food and food waste, the majority of people say they are conscious about wasting food and are making efforts to reduce the amounts thrown away
* 88 per cent of respondents said that they were making efforts to waste less food, compared with 63 per cent in 2007
* 49 per cent of respondents said they threw away no or hardly any amounts of food.
* 60 per cent of respondents said they were buying seasonal3 food; 19 per cent had never thought about it or had never heard of it
* 33 per cent of respondents said that they were growing their own fruit and vegetables
* 26 per cent of respondents said they were buying fish from sustainable sources
* 24 per cent of respondents have made changes to the food they buy to reduce their impact on the environment
* 50 per cent of respondents would make changes if they had a better understanding of the impacts of how food is produced
* However, 23 per cent of respondents said if they had a better understanding of the impacts they would still buy the same food they usually buy
The full report can be found at defra.gov.uk.
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