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• Table 94: Did respondent use a commercial contractor to collect their rubbish on a regular basis in the last 12 months? (q47a):
• Table 95: Did respondent take garden waste to a transfer station in the last 12 months? (q48a):

• Table 96: Recycling of various materials and items in the last 12 months (q49):
• Table 97: Efforts made by Council to recycle things in the last 12 months (q50):
• Table 98: Overall rating of Councils weekly rubbish collection (q51a):

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RUBBISH AND RECYCLING

Table 94: Did respondent use a commercial contractor to collect their rubbish on a regular basis in the last 12 months? (q47a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1997
No	59
Yes (see lists 31 and 32)	40
Don't know	0
Total	100

Table 95: Did respondent take garden waste to a transfer station in the last 12 months? (q48a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1997
No (see list 33)	37
Yes	63
Don't know	0
Total	100

Table 96: Recycling of various materials and items in the last 12 months (q49):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	Year	No	Yes	Haven't had any	Don't know	Total
Recycle glass	1995	38	58	4	0	100
	1996	36	60	4	0	100
	1997	34	61	5	0	100
Recycle newspapers	1995	17	83	0	0	100
	1996	17	81	2	0	100
	1997	13	86	1	0	100
Recycle aluminium cans	1995	36	38	26	0	100
	1996	36	40	23	1	100
	1997	32	35	33	1	100
Recycle plastic	1995	63	35	1	1	100
	1996	59	38	3	1	100
	1997	54	42	3	1	100
Recycle engine oil	1995	20	20	58	2	100
	1996	na	na	na	na	na
	1997	11	19	67	3	100
Recycle clothing or shoes	1995	16	79	5	0	100
	1996	na	na	na	na	na
	1997	12	82	6	0	100
Recycle scrap metal or old	1995	29	26	45	1	100
appliances	1996	na	na	na	na	na
	1997	16	26	57	1	100

Table 97: Efforts made by Council to encourage people to re-use or recycle things (q50):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
The Council should do a lot more	32	32	38
The Council should do a little more	34	32	33
The Council is doing about the right amount	30	34	27
The Council should do a little less	0	0	0
The Council should do a lot less	0	0	0
Don't know	3	2	2
Total	100	100	100

Table 98: Overall rating of Councils weekly rubbish collection (q51a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
Very good	29	27	37
Good	52	56	51
Neither good nor bad	10	10	6
Bad (see list 34)	7	5	4
Very bad (see list 34)	1	1	1
Don't know (see list 34)	1	1	1
Total	100	100	100

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