This graph displays how the attitudes towards recycling plastic bottles would change with the introduction of a deposit return scheme in Great Britain in 2017. Half of the respondents feel they would recycle the same amount as they currently do, with 29 percent saying they would be much more likely to recycle.
Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles?
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Icaro. (September 25, 2017). Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/
Icaro. "Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles? ." Chart. September 25, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/
Icaro. (2017). Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/
Icaro. "Would a Plastic Bottle Deposit Return Scheme Encourage You to Recycle More Plastic Bottles? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/
Icaro, Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Would a plastic bottle deposit return scheme encourage you to recycle more plastic bottles? [Graph], Icaro, September 25, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/793255/attitudes-to-plastic-bottle-deposit-return-scheme-great-britain/