Overview of Research Findings

 

Gender

 

48% Male

 

52% Female

 

 

Age Range

 

28% under 35

 

34% 35-55

 

38% over 55

 

  

Important Findings

 

78% said it was important to recycle

 

76% said they regularly recycle: The top three reasons: helping the environment, saving the cost of waste disposal and reducing landfills

 

The main reason for not recycling: lack of a recycling service

 

77% pay a trash hauler to pick up their household waste including recyclables

 

Respondents indicated they would recycle more frequently if they could put their recyclables into a single bin without sorting

 

76% favor single-stream recycling: The main reasons: convenience, easier to recycle, increasing the number of people that recycle, and helping the environment

 

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

Lycoming County residents are generally supportive of recycling

 

Most recycle for environmental reasons

 

Three in four pay for a trash hauler to dispose of their waste

 

Reactions to single-stream recycling are positive

 

Respondents believe they will recycle more often if single-stream recycling is introduced

 

A majority of respondents would switch waste haulers if another waste hauler offered single-stream recycling