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60 Percent of Spaniards separated into your home

01/06/2007

on June 1, 2007

59% Of Spaniards declares separate waste plastic containers, cans and briks, i.e. all those who deposited in the yellow container in your home. Also, six in ten (60%) residents in Spain separated containers of paper and paperboard and move them to the blue container, according to the study "Habits and attitudes to recycling and separation of waste in the 2006 home" produced each year by Ecoembes, society non-profit that manages the integrated system of management (GIS) of light packaging and containers of paper and paperboard.

Also, 73% of respondents claimed to separate some type of domestic waste and 38% said separate regularly many of waste generated at home.

Women recycled more
The profile of the more sensitized with waste recycling corresponds to a 41-year-old woman, housewife, resident in municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, those who contribute least are men up to 39 years and large cities.