Introduction

We made an enquiry to conclude if people with different ages recycle or not, with the single purpose to know if the age differed in making people recycle.

These recycling containers are relatively recent, so the expectations are that younger population will posses a larger knowledge about this subject than the older population.

This enquiry will allow us to know not only if people recycle, and in which ages, but also will give us a little information about if they are aware and correctly informed about these recycling containers.

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

11-20

- Gender:

Female

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

Rarely, just a bottle or two every now and then.

- If yes, since when?

Since last year, maybe, I don’t really know when I started.

- What made you start recycling?

The really funny commercials that pass on television.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, I do, because it helps us live in a better World, and give utility to materials that we didn’t think that we would use ever again.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three.

- What are their colours?

Yellow, Green and blue.

- What is each coloured container for?

Yellow is for the metal, the green is for glass and the blue containers are for paper/cardboard.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes, I do.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

No, I don’t, I just separate some recycling material.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

31-40

- Gender:

Female

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

Yes.

- If yes, since when?

Since the street recycling containers exist.

- What made you start recycling?

The will to try to improve our environment.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, I think it betters our ozone layer and the greenhouse effect.

- Do you have kids? If yes, How many?

Yes, one.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

Sometimes yes, she does, but some other times she just lazy and forgets.

- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three.

- What are their colours?

Blue, yellow and green.

- What is each coloured container for?

I’m not really sure, but I think the Blue is for glass, the yellow for paper and the green for the plastic.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Not really, because at work, when I’m carried with a big plastic container full of glass bottles which Is quite heavy and I still have to walk a long bit to get to the nearest recycling container.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I separate the individual recycling materials.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

71-100

 

- Gender:

Female:

-In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

Only sometimes, and only the glass and the paper because they are the only ones’ near me, the plastic is a bit far from my house and I get lazy to go there, sometimes I put the plastic with the paper, I don’t know if that’s bad.

- If yes, since when?

Since I heard about it on television, and since I saw the commercials they do about recycling.

- What made you start recycling?

The commercials on television.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, it’s a way to help our world and help the materials.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

Yes, four!

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

Right now, I only live with one of my daughters, she helps a lot with the recycling, she recycles more than I do, really! And my other two sons and daughter recycle too in their own home, I see it when I go to their houses every now and then

- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three. Four counting with the black one that is for all the rubbish.

- What are their colours?

Yellow, blue and green.

- What is each coloured container for?

The green container is for glass, the blue is for

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes there is, I’m just sometimes lazy to go there.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I put the paper and the plastic in separate bags and the glass I just put it near the bin and then I go and dispose in the recycling containers or I ask my granddaughter or my daughter to go.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

11-20

- Gender:

Male

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

No.

- If yes, since when?

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- What made you start recycling?

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- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes I do, I think it helps to clean our city.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No I don’t, yet.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the street recycling containers have?

Three.

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow and blue.

- What is each coloured container for?

I don’t know!

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

No I don’t, I think there isn’t any near my house.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I just put everything together.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

3-10

Gender:

Female

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

Sometimes. I like recycling, but my parents don’t like to go to the recycling containers, they prefer to put everything in the normal rubbish bin, but when they tell me to go and put something in the rubbish, like a glass bottle or plastic I always go and put them into the recycling containers. I don’t recycle more because of my parents.

- If yes, since when?

Since I heard about it.

- What made you start recycling?

My teacher has told us to try and recycle as more as we can, and also because of the commercial on the television. I started recycling because I like recycling and everyone does it and likes it.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, but I don’t know why.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three.

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow and blue.

- What is each coloured container for?

Green one is for glass, blue is for the plastic and the yellow one I don’t know…I only go to the green and blue.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes, I have ones near my house, I don’t have to walk across the street or anything like that.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I separate; I carry the materials in my hands and go to recycle it.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

11-20

- Gender:

Male

- Which city do you live in?

Coimbra.

- Do you recycle?

No.

- If yes, since when?

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- What made you start recycling?

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- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes I do, but i don’t think enough people do it.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three.

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow and blue.

- What is each coloured container for?

I don’t know.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

No, they are really far away actually.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

Just normal rubbish.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

71-100

- Gender:

Female

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche

- Do you recycle?

No

- If yes, since when?

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- What made you start recycling?

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- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, because this way it’s possible to make some use of the garbage. And that’s a good thing…

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

Yes, one

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

No

- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

3

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow and blue

- What is each coloured container for?

I don’t know

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

No

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

41-70

-Gender:

Female

- In which city do you live in?

Alto do veríssimo

- Do you recycle?

No

- If yes, since when?

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- What made you start recycling?

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- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, because it makes possible to divide the trash, avoiding any kind of contamination.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

Yes, 2

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

No

- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

3

- What are their colours?

Blue, green and red

- What is each coloured container for?

Blue – glass; green – cardboard; yellow – domestic garbage

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

No

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

No

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

11-20

-Gender:

Male

- In which city do you live in?

Alto do Verissimo

- Do you recycle?                                

No

- If yes, since when?

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- What made you start recycling?

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- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, because it reduces costs, saves energy and prime material.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

5

- What are their colours?

Green, blue, yellow, red and brown.

- What is each coloured container for?

Green – glass; blue – cardboard; yellow – plastics; red – used batteries; brown – domestic garbage

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

No

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

No

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

 

- In what age group do you fit in?

11-20

-Gender:

Male

- In which city do you live in?

Atouguia da Baleia.

- Do you recycle?

Yes I do.

- If yes, since when?

Since last year, more or less.

- What made you start recycling?

I think it’s important to protect our environment.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, it’s important to protect our environment and to live in a better world.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

Not yet, no.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three colours.

- What are their colours?

Yellow, green and blue.

- What is each coloured container for?

Yellow is for the plastic, blue for paper and green for glass.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

No, I think there should exist more.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I separate in bags, depending on the recycling material.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city 

- In what age group do you fit in?

20-30

-Gender:

Male

- In which city do you live in?

Peniche.

- Do you recycle?

Yes.

- If yes, since when?

Since last year.

- What made you start recycling?

Everything. School, the publicity and my friends.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

Yes, because it’s a way for us to save primary materials, i.e. Trees for paper.

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No, none.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

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- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Four.

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow, blue and red.

- What is each coloured container for?

Blue – Paper; yellow – plastic; Green – glass; Red – batteries.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I have a rubbish bin with 4 divisions, where I put the materials in the respective division.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Enquiry about Recycling habits in our city

- In what age group do you fit in?

20-30

-Gender:

Male

- In which city do you live in?

Lisbon.

- Do you recycle?

Yes, I do.

- If yes, since when?

Some good years now.

- What made you start recycling?

The conscience of recycling being a necessity for all, and the knowing that it’s a advantage for everyone.

- Do you think recycling is good for our city and for our country? If yes, why?

As the slogan refers ‘the old turns new’. The necessity to recycle is benefit for all, above all for the environment, as it stops being sub charged of reusable ‘rubbish’

- Do you have kids? If yes, how many?

No, I don’t. And if I do, I am unknown of that fact.

- Do they help with the recycling at home?

If I do have kids, I’m sure they will help with the recycling. I’m sure they’ll be like their daddy.

- How many colours do the recycling containers have?

Three + one

- What are their colours?

Green, yellow and blue. And we also have a red one for the used batteries.

- What is each coloured container for?

If my memory doesn’t fail me: Green – Glass ; Yellow – Plastic and cans ; Blue – paper and cardboard.

- Do you think that there are enough street recycling containers in your surroundings?

Yes.

- Do you have a separating recycling rubbish bin? Or do you just put them at part in separate bags?

I separate the recycling materials in different plastic bags.

 

Thank you for your time.

Have a rest of a good day!

 

Conclusion:

We did, in fact, conclude that the younger population (3-20) have a bigger knowledge about recycle and it’s effects in general and do recycle more than the older population;

Threw these few inquires we noticed that most people don’t know what recycling is and its benefits;

We noticed that most people confused the container’s colours for the respective recycling material. Some people even demonstrated not having any knowledge about the colours of these so popular containers;

We concluded that the older population (70-100) and the younger male population (10-20) are the one’s that recycle less, and the younger male population are also the ones that showed less interest in recycling.

Most people just don’t recycle, and some don’t recycle enough. To make our world a better place to live everyone needs to cooperate, and that isn’t happening relatively to recycling.