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Ekotech: Waste - this might be a real challenge; Poles do not know how to segregate secondary materials

28 january 2021
Only 52 percent of Poles can properly segregate the waste they generate. According to a study conducted by the Symetria agency, Poles face the most problems with choosing the right container to put the waste in. Deodorant cans, milk cartons or light bulbs pose the greatest challenge. A lack of legible markings on the containers may be the reason for the situation

Poles see the need to segregate rubbish. 83% of the respondents believe the waste sorting obligation is justified.  It is worth emphasising that 2/3 of the respondents declared that they segregate waste, not because of the regulations, but because they feel it has a real impact on the environment.

As a part of the survey, the respondents were supposed to put their garbage into the correct containers,  in the group of over 500 respondents, 52% of the answers were correct.  The deodorant container caused the most problems with assigning the appropriate bin; actually, only 14 percent indicated the bag the can should go to.  A mirror turned out to be very troublesome (only 19% of correct answers), and cat droppings and fish waste (33% of correct answers each) came in tied.

All in all, the results indicate that there are problems with waste segregation is of a national and social nature. More urbanised areas’ inhabitants show only a slightly higher level of knowledge on the correct segregation of rubbish compared to less urbanised areas’  population. However, the results in the largest cities were very pretty mediocre still;  women have a better knowledge of waste segregation than men; age has no influence on the expertise level, however.

Symetria experts estimate that the years of general-public targeted education have not yielded the expected results.  Penalties or new laws are not the remedies, we still need educational activities. And Ekotech expo creators come with knowledge abundance:  - We organise workshops for children and young people. We talk about how to segregate waste – these are some of the examples of our involvement -  says Marcin Musiał from Targi Kielce. - Information available to all citizens is also very important, e.g. knowledge disseminated on dumpster shelters. This educational activity is a task for our exhibitors - adds the manager of the Ekotech.

(MBr)

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