Recycling- The Effects

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Susy Lumsden 11F1 Biology.

GCSE Additional Science (2103) Unit B2 (5021)

Topic 4 – Interdependence

Assessment Brief: Recycling.

On average UK households produce 30.5 million tonnes of waste every year, of which only 17% is collected for recycling. Compared to our neighbouring EU (European Union) countries, which recycle over 50% of their waste, this figure is pretty low.

Up to 60% of rubbish that resides in UK dustbins could be recycled, and if all cans in the UK were recycled, we would not need 14 million dustbins. These figures alone explain why the act of recycling our waste in the UK is increasing each year.

I have decided to research into the topic of recycling and the reasons why people in the North West choose whether to or not to recycle. I have created a questionnaire (enclosed) related to recycling and distributed copies to 50 different people in the North West of England. I have analysed and displayed the results below in graph and table formats showing the amount of people that opted for each answer.

                

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If you answered no to the previous question, what do you think could be done to improve and increase the awareness and information available upon the subject of recycling?

The answers to the above question were as follows;

‘Increased advertising such as; Television adverts, radio adverts, billboard adverts etc.’

‘Introduce teachings about recycling into the education system from a young age’.

Patterns

Graph 1: The majority of people within the North ...

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